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Bruxelles- Prison of St. Gilles Miss Edith Cavell's cell killed by the Germans

Cavell, Edith Louisa. British Nurse. She was born Dec. 4. 1865, at Swardeston, Norfolk, the daughter of the Rev. Frederick Cavell. In 1906 she became matron of the…
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Funérailles de Miss Edith CAVELL.
Miss Edith CAVELL Funeral

Funeral procession for Edith Cavell following the end of the occupation.
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Miss Edith Cavell Memorial, rue George Leclercq Forest, Belgium.

Finished a tour of [points] of interest in Brussels, [but] disappointed with the church, known as the Cathedral. Saw the spot where Nurse Cavell was shot down_ also pictures by…
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Bruxelles Monument eleve a la memoire de Miss Edith Cavell, directrice de L'Ecole belge des Infirmieres, emprisonnee le 5 aout 1915, fusillee le 12 octobre pout avoir fait passer des recrues a L'ennemi.

English translation: "Brussels Monument to…
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Autograph letter from Emily Dickinson to her neighbor, Mrs. Henry Hills (Adelaide Spencer Hills).
8 inches by 5 inches. Pencil.
Johnson Letters # 614.
The letter reads:

Vocal, is but one
form of remembrance,
dear friend.
the…
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Letter to Margaret Freeman Cabell from The Rev. John H. Cross, Jr., pastor of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, and Samuel O'Neill, Chairman Rebuilding Committee, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. The letter thanks her for her…
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This is a carbon copy of a letter sent by Dr. Wendell P. Russell, Dean of Students at Virginia Union University, to the Rev. John H. Cross, Jr., pastor of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama. John H. Cross, Jr. was a student at…
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This is a carbon copy of the letter Dr. Russell, Dean of Students at Virginia Union University, sent to the editor of The Washington Post on September 17, 1963 in response to the Post's editorial "Reaping the Whirlwind." This carbon copy was sent to…
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"I love your books. Occasionally, I kiss their covers, nibble the corners of their pagan pages, and lick their lovely little spines. Yum."
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Recipe included in letter from fan
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Compare this graphic to the cover of the author's 2014 book, Tibetan Peach Pie.
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Envelope refers to opening of Jitterbug Perfume,"The beet is the most intense of vegetables."
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Robbins' postscript to this contract reads, "I should warn you that you may have to press your bleep button a few times"
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