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    "title": "Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to Richard Davis Webb, April 19 / 59",
    "description": "May says that he obtained letters of introduction to people in San Francisco for Webb's son. He discusses letters by Charles King Whipple and the means of circulating certain tracts.",
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