Letter, 1854 May 17.

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Letter, 1854 May 17.

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Letter to United States Postmaster General James Campbell discussing his recent election as N.Y. State Governor. Seymour discusses the narrowness of his margin of victory and the problems he is facing in the immediate future. Written at Albany, N.Y.

3 p.

American Periodical Series I

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