Letter: Galena, [Illinois], to G[eorge] W. Reeves [i.e., Rives], Paris, Illinois, 1849 May 13.

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Letter: Galena, [Illinois], to G[eorge] W. Reeves [i.e., Rives], Paris, Illinois, 1849 May 13.

Recommends Rives and encloses letter to Mr. Ewing.

1 item (1 p.); 25 cm.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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