Letter, 1874 Sept. 5 : Long Branch, N.J. to B.H. Bristow, Washington, D.C.

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Letter, 1874 Sept. 5 : Long Branch, N.J. to B.H. Bristow, Washington, D.C.

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Grant explains that while in Chicago recently Dr. Tiffany of the Metropolitan M.E. Church called on him to urge appointment of Dr. Samuel C. Blake as surgeon of the Chicago Main Hospital. He further states that he does not know Blake, but that Tiffany rendered important service during the war by speaking daily from the pulpit, encouraging enlistment.

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