Letter signed : Executive Mansion, Washington, to Sir Moses Montefiore, 1881 Apr. 30.

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Letter signed : Executive Mansion, Washington, to Sir Moses Montefiore, 1881 Apr. 30.

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Confirming that the pen-holder used in the preparation of his inaugural address was the one of olive wood grown in Palestine that had been sent to him by Alfred A. Marcus of Boston.

1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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