[Letter and telegram] Ja. Garfield. [1878-1879]

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[Letter and telegram] Ja. Garfield. [1878-1879]

Letter, 1878 Feb. 8, Washington, D.C. to W. W. Warren, Boston, Mass. On letterhead: House of Representatives, Committee of Ways and Means, Washington, D.C. Garfield responds to a letter of Warren's in response to Garfield's speech on the "resumption act." -- Telegraph draft, 1879 Apr. 17 to Jn. Sherman, reads as follows: "Do you want the legal tender function subsidiary silver coin extended ten dollars? Answer soon." On telegraph heading: Departmental telegraph lines ... House of Representatives, U. S."

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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