Autograph letter signed : Boston, to an unidentified man, 1883 May 7.

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Autograph letter signed : Boston, to an unidentified man, 1883 May 7.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/593541339

On being "overburdened with letters from unknown friends" asking that he write them a few lines; comparing them to large families of mosquitoes that each "only take one drop of blood."

1 item (1 p.) ; 15.3 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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