Autograph letter signed : Baltimore, to the President, 1873 Dec. 16.

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Autograph letter signed : Baltimore, to the President, 1873 Dec. 16.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270132830

Asking that his adopted son be appointed to the U.S. Military Academy.

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

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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