Letter: New York, [N.Y.], to L. U. Reavis, 1872 Jan. 10.

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Letter: New York, [N.Y.], to L. U. Reavis, 1872 Jan. 10.

Sends letter for Reavis' Empire of the Mississippi Valley.

1 item (1 p.); 21 cm.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

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