George von Lengerke Meyer Papers 1900-1917

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George von Lengerke Meyer Papers 1900-1917

Ambassador to Italy and to Russia, postmaster general, and secretary of the navy. Diaries, family correspondence, and memorabilia recording Meyer’s social and family life and national and international events of which he was a part.

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