Autograph letter signed : Keokuk, to W.W. Belknap, 1869 Nov. 6.

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Autograph letter signed : Keokuk, to W.W. Belknap, 1869 Nov. 6.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270622429

Congratulating him on his appointment as Secretary of War and his work in improving steamboat navigation on the Wisconsin and Fox rivers.

1 item (4 p.) ; (12mo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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