Robert M. Douglas letters, 1880; 1897 [manuscript].

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Robert M. Douglas letters, 1880; 1897 [manuscript].

Letter, 1880, from Albion Winegar Tourgée to Douglas, of Greensboro, N.C., concerning the real life model for "John Burleson" in Tourgée's "A Fool's Errand," and a letter, 1897, from Benjamin Wyche, about autographs.

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Wyche, Benjamin, fl. 1897.

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Tourgée, Albion W. 1838-1905

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American politician and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to an unidentified recipient, 1882 Jun. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572884 Author, civil rights leader, and jurist Albion W. Tourgée was born May 2, 1838 in Williamsfield in the Western Reserve of Ohio, then a center of abolitionist activity. He attended the University of Rochester in New York, but left to enlist in the Union army during the Civil War. Wounded in battle...

Douglas, Robert M. (Robert Martin), 1849-1917

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Son of Stephen A. Douglas; lawyer, Greensboro, North Carolina; private secretary to Ulysses S. Grant; U.S. Supreme Court justice. From the description of Letters and biographical sketch: Greensboro, N.C., to Frank E. Stevens, Chicago, Ill., 1908-1910. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 29551849 Son of Stephen A. Douglas; lawyer, Greensboro, N.C.; private secretary to Ulysses S. Grant; U.S. Supreme Court justice. From the description of Le...