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    "title": "Letter from Lura Maria Giddings, Washington, [D.C.], to Samuel May, Dec. 24th, 1858",
    "description": "Ms. Giddings says that her father, Joshua Reed Giddings, has been in poor health and is greatly concerned over the passage of some pension bills. She doubts if she could write a series of letters to \"The Liberator.\"",
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