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Private letters, 17 November 1848
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CA RBD MSG 1112-D-13
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(1813-1881)
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John Abraham was the second child named John of Thomas and Orpah Abraham, the first having died in infancy the year preceding John A.’s birth in Carlisle, Cumberland. He married Maria Hayes Tyerman. He was the younger brother of one-time Montreal Gazette newspaper owner and editor, Robert Abraham. John died in Grassendale, Lancashire, at the age of 66.
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File consists of a pamphlet containing letters, some marked 'Not sent'.
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Approximitely 48 duodecimo leaves, on thin tissue, bound with pink thread into cream paper wraps, and titled on the front cover.