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Pen Returned by An Honest Thief
New Orleans Post master Frank A. Fairley found a ball point pen attached to a chain inside a letter. A note apologized for stealing the pen to write late at night. it was unsigned. The piece ends with a classification prompt and a Gretna Green reference, and notes on John Isaac Hawkins building the first American upright piano in Philadelphia in 1801.
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New Orleans
Frank A. Fairley
John IsaAc Hawkins
Philadelphia