Letter : Chicago, [Ill.], to Elizabeth Parker, Boston, Mass., 1838 Dec. 3, [ca. 1921].

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Letter : Chicago, [Ill.], to Elizabeth Parker, Boston, Mass., 1838 Dec. 3, [ca. 1921].

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Typescript copy of a Dec. 3, 1838, letter from John N. Parker, a dry-goods merchant and grocer in Chicago, to his mother, Elizabeth Parker of 80 Tremont St., Boston, regarding his trip from Boston to Chicago and the state of business in Chicago.

1 item (2 leaves) ; 28 cm.

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