Letter : n.p., to unknown person, n.p., [not after 1862] May 7.

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Letter : n.p., to unknown person, n.p., [not after 1862] May 7.

Autograph letter signed. Apologizes for his tardiness in returning a ticket .

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SNAC Resource ID: 8299177

Texas Christian University

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Frank Webster Jay Collection (University of Chicago. Library)

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