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MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the Southern District of New York.

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To

MRS. LYDIA H. SIGOURNEY,

OF HARTFORD, CONN.,

THE MOST VALUED FRIEND THAT I HAVE,

AND ONE OF THE BEST WOMEN I EVER KNEW, THIS BOOK