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Tampon en haut :

Dragon violet portant la devise : “Mon dieu, mon roi et mon ami”

The Cedars

Benton Harbor Mich.

À la main :

1. Emile Zola,

My Dear Sir,

                        I am [mot illisible] to Mr Theodore Stanton for your address, who assures me that if I write you he feels confident you will oblige me in the request I am about to make. I have a large and valued collection of autograph mementoes, which I am preparing with portrait to present to our State Library. Will you do me the honor and kindly favor to grant a few lines from your pen to fill the page in my [mot illisible] reserved for you. I shall be most sincerely obliged and prize the constribution highly.

            I am Sir with respect and regards.

            Very truly yours

Signature : E. H. Strictclemet

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