Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to William Pitt Fessenden, 1867 Oct. 9.

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Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to William Pitt Fessenden, 1867 Oct. 9.

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Saying that no civilian can carry Pennsylvania in the coming election and that Grant is the only soldier who can make a Republican triumph a certainty.

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Read, John Meredith, 1837-1896

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