Autograph letter signed : Washington, to F.R. Hassler, 1826 May 12.

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Autograph letter signed : Washington, to F.R. Hassler, 1826 May 12.

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Telling him that "I do not think there is a strong disposition on the part of the present congress to go into a consideration of a proper survey of our Coast, a national observatory, or weights & measures"

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

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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