[Letter] 1871 July 4, American Legation, Berlin [to Charles William] Eliot [Cambridge] : [copy].

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[Letter] 1871 July 4, American Legation, Berlin [to Charles William] Eliot [Cambridge] : [copy].

To the President of Harvard in praise of the character and accomplishments of John Thornton Kirkland, and proposing a monument and scholarship fund in his memory.

4 p. in folder ; 25 cm.

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