Letter, Boston : to Ralph Adams Cram, Boston, 1928 June 8.

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Letter, Boston : to Ralph Adams Cram, Boston, 1928 June 8.

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Writing regarding the composition, proof-reading and printing of the "Golden Book" [perhaps a donors list?]. A postscript states that "B[isho]p Manning's last extracts brought the number of names to be included considerably under 400,000 ..." Manning was then in charge of the building campaign for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

1 item (1 p.), in folder ; 26 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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