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Date Issued

1864-05

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Better to be Abel than Cain, [plate 35, draft]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/464bcdb0-c621-012f-1078-58d385a7bc34

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. Better to be Abel than Cain, [plate 35, draft] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/464bcdb0-c621-012f-1078-58d385a7bc34

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Better to be Abel than Cain, [plate 35, draft]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/464bcdb0-c621-012f-1078-58d385a7bc34

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