Autograph letters signed (2) : Washington, to Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, 1826 July 22 and 1827 Dec. 3.

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Autograph letters signed (2) : Washington, to Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, 1826 July 22 and 1827 Dec. 3.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270619331

Thanking him for an "Eulogium" on Chief Justice Tilghman and other matters.

2 items (2 p.) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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