Lyman Abbott letter 1894

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Lyman Abbott letter 1894

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A letter adressed to the Honorable Levi P. Morton of Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, from Reverend Lyman Abbott. Abbott urges the appointment of Benjamin Blair as Supreme Court Judge. Reverend Lyman Abbott (1835-1922) was pastor of the Plymouth Church in Brooklyn from 1883 to 1899. At the time of the letter, Morton was Governor-elect of the State of New York.

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