Manuscripts

Letter to "Dear Uncle"

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Description: This manuscript is a letter addressed "My Dear Uncle" and signed only as "Irving." The author describes his stay in Minnesota while on his journey to California. Also includes a small bit of paper with the following written in pencil: Dec 7th, 1859, Going West.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1859, December 7.
Call number: mssHM 48439
Provenance: In library, 1982, November 22.
Dimensions: 25 cm :
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HM 36872

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mssHM 73659

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