ALS, 1887 September 8 : Point Pleasant, to John Raines.

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ALS, 1887 September 8 : Point Pleasant, to John Raines.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15303883

Invites the New York legislator to visit so she can "tell you some points about Black Point which will I think hasten and make sure its settlement." Black Point was the Fremont property in San Francisco confiscated by the government during the Civil War, for which JBF was suing for compensation.

1 p. ; 20 x 13 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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