Augustus Peabody Letter

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Augustus Peabody Letter

1833

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Letter, dated Boston, April 26, 1833, to Simon Greenleaf regarding Greenleaf's invitation to a professor's chair in the law department at Harvard University, case of the Knights vs the Ocean Insurance, etc.

1 envelope.

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