Autograph letter signed : New York, N.Y., to Dr. Newman [probably Bishop J.P. Newman], 1881 Oct. 10.

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Autograph letter signed : New York, N.Y., to Dr. Newman [probably Bishop J.P. Newman], 1881 Oct. 10.

Recommending his son-in-law, Isaac L. Hillis for the post of District Attorney in New Orleans, and telling something of himself.

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