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John Milton Hay letter to James D. Hague

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John Milton Hay letter to James D. Hague

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Description: In this letter, Hay is thanking Hague for sending him proofs from the biography of the geologist Clarence King entitled Clarence King memoirs: The helmet of Mambrino. The King Memorial Committee of the Century Association, of which James D. Hague was a member, published the biography in 1904. Although Hay returned the proofs to Hague, they are not with the letter.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1903, December 4.
Call number: mssHM 54454
Creator: Hay, John (1838-1905)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Transferred to Manuscritps Department, February 1992.

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20 cm

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Hague, James D. (1836-1908,)

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