Letter, Washington, D.C., to James Hammond Trumbull.

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Letter, Washington, D.C., to James Hammond Trumbull.

Returns Trumbull's copy of the Anarchiad and clippings contained therein; clippings, dated August 1861, deal with the controversy between Trumbull and Luther Riggs about the interpretation of the Anarchiad.

1 p. ; 12 x 10 cm.

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