Autograph letter signed : Chicago, to W.W. Belknap, 1869 Oct. 14.

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Autograph letter signed : Chicago, to W.W. Belknap, 1869 Oct. 14.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270517589

Congratulating him upon his appointment as Secretary of War under Grant.

1 item (3 p.) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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