Autograph letter signed : Charlottesville, Va., to Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1884 Aug. 29.

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Autograph letter signed : Charlottesville, Va., to Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1884 Aug. 29.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/645458453

Paying tribute to Oliver Wendell Holmes on his 75th birthday.

1 item (2 p.) ; 20.9 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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