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Letter from Jacob Riis

Collection
Richard E. Rauh Family Papers
Source
Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center
Family
The Rauh Family
Date
July 20, 1901

The muckraking New York journalist Jacob Riis wrote this letter to Bertha Rauh soliciting funds for the Jacob Riis Neighborhood Settlement House.

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