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SCOUT· 37%48m·2026-08-14·Arts Culture100 Objects #13: The Sand Letters
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This episode is sponsored by Claude. For problems worth solving, get started with Claude at Claude.ai. On his deathbed, President Chester Arthur ordered that all of his personal and professional papers be burned. Three barrels of documents went up in flames. But 23 letters survived, initialed only "J.I.S." Comedian…
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