Harvard University - Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School / Heard family. Heard family business records, Volume FP-4, Folder GQ-2-2, and Volume JP-2.
Mss:766 1754-1898. Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School.
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friend cf W""ette. She 1I'IUI the 10-{el1 lit cbaracter I ever knew, all
affection tc her familJr, ;ret IIhe 1I'al capable of the molt heroie sacrificell.
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leave her , one b;r cne, to pa.. "earl in
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young Aunt!.!e.l'y .
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m8
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