Letters, 1850 February 25 and 1852 January 16, Quebec and Paris, to George Ticknor, [n.p.].

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Letters, 1850 February 25 and 1852 January 16, Quebec and Paris, to George Ticknor, [n.p.].

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He had been detained at Montreal for two months, travelled on the St. Lawrence to see Quebec; has a picture of Jacques Cartier for him, also two letters by W. Robertson. Bemoans the fact that Ticknor's book has not yet appeared in a French translation; other literary news.

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Dartmouth College Library

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Ticknor, George, 1791-1871

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