Letter : Chicago [Ill.], to Ben[jamin] Perley Poore, Washington, D.C., 1883 Oct. 26.

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Letter : Chicago [Ill.], to Ben[jamin] Perley Poore, Washington, D.C., 1883 Oct. 26.

Contains autobiographical data for the Congressional Directory.

1 item (2 p.) ; 20 cm.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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