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Source: New York Public Library, Albert A. and Henry W. Berg Collection, New York ([NN-BGC])

Cue: "No sir—can't"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

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Revision History: Larson, Brian

Published on MTPO: 2025

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To James B. Pond
15 October 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, in pencil: NN-BGC, UCCL 02595)
Dear Pond—

No sir—can’t go to Elmira.

Thank Geo W. for the suggestion about “lendin to de po’.”

Yrs
S L C

Gerhardt has gone to New York for a few days.

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Source text(s):

MS, in pencil, NN-BGC.

Previous Publication:

MicroPUL, reel 2.

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