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<mods:title>Frederick William Thomas, Jubilee College, Robin's Nest Post-office, IL., autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 1 June 1854</mods:title>
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<mods:abstract>Lists the writer's works. Announces his intentions of taking orders in the Episcopal Church. Describes letters from Poe in his possession and offers them to Griswold with reservations. Asks Griswold to get his manuscript, "How I Came to Be Challenged," from Putnam's. Inquires about Charles Fenno Hoffman.</mods:abstract>
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