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Sea scribblings, b a souvenir of the "Bothnia" (June 1-11, 1881), and of the "Gallia" (October 8-18, 1881)

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    Street, George Edmund, 1824-1881. 1 letter to My Dear [hol?], A.L.S. (8 p.), (1868, June 23), London (Eng.)

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    Hayes, J. B. 1 letter (1881, Sep. 21) to William Moore, b.1827

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