Letter: Washington, [D.C.], to John H. Pillsbury, Boston, [Mass.], 1859 July 13.

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Letter: Washington, [D.C.], to John H. Pillsbury, Boston, [Mass.], 1859 July 13.

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Declines invitation to speak before the Mercantile Library Association, of which Pillsbury is president.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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