<hi rend="bold">Letter from Waterhouse & Bowes to William Percival, September 7, 1859:</hi> Electronic Edition. Waterhouse & Bowes (Raleigh, NC) Funding from the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supported the electronic publication of this title. Text transcribed by Bari Helms Images scanned by Bari Helms Text encoded by Brian Dietz First Edition, 2005 ca. 9K The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2005

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 William A. Graham Papers (#285), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Letter from Waterhouse & Bowes to William Percival, September 7, 1859 Waterhouse & Bowes 2 pages, 2 page images 1859 Call number 285 (Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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