Daniel Scott Lamont Papers 1853-1928 (bulk 1893-1905)

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Daniel Scott Lamont Papers 1853-1928 (bulk 1893-1905)

Financier, private secretary to President Grover Cleveland, and secretary of war. Correspondence, letterbooks, copies of telegrams, diaries, drafts of speeches and memoranda, financial papers, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia relating principally to Lamont's role and interest in New York state Democratic politics and to his work as private secretary to President Grover Cleveland and as secretary of war.

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