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English: Opening leaf of the Billy Budd manuscript by Herman Melville with pencil notations. MS Am 188 (363), Houghton Library, Harvard University

Date

1888

Source

MS Am 188 (363), Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Library

	Parent institution	Harvard Library
	Location	Category:Cambridge, Massachusetts
	Coordinates	42° 22′ 23.5″ N, 71° 06′ 57.4″ W
	Established	1942
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Author

Herman Melville

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