ALS, [n.d.] : to Major General [Abner] Doubleday, New Jersey.

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ALS, [n.d.] : to Major General [Abner] Doubleday, New Jersey.

Fremont agrees with Doubleday's recollection of an event in 1856. "Personal incidents like this go far in making history interesting. They show undeniably how they germinate ..."

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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