Collection of 43 letters, 184 manuscript pages, dated 23 December 1864 to 10 June 1898; the bulk, (33), of the letters date from 1864 to 1873.
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49 letters, 83 manuscript pages, 12 postcards, correspondence mainly written in ink, in very good, clean, and legible condition, many letters written on Howard University letterhead.
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quarto, three pages, plus stamp less address leaf, formerly folded, written neatly in pencil, very good, clean, and legible condition.
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quarto, one page of a four page bi-folium, formerly folded, remains of sealing wax, free franked by Smith on integral address leaf, in very good, clean condition.
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quarto, three pages, plus address leaf, few splits along folds, some very minor loss at fold joints, roughly opened, otherwise in good legible condition.
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folio, two pages of a four page bi-folium, some splits along folds, remains of sealing wax on integral address leaf, docketed "Jo Whipples Letter." Tear along one horizontal fold at bottom edge, else in very good, clean and legible condition.
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Small folio, two pages, plus integral address leaf, in very good, clean, and legible condition.
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46 letters, 93 pages, dated 22 April 1838 to 15 Aug 1856. All of the letters are incoming written to William F. Sanborn, master brick mason, living at Lowell, Massachusetts. These folding stamp-less letters, are written in ink and in legible hands.…
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