Letters, 1829 and 1839.

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Letters, 1829 and 1839.

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ALS, to A.C. Flagg, Albany, 5 Mar. 1919, concerning the appointment of a judge in Buffalo, and ALS, to W.G. Webster, Lafayette, Iowa, 13 Mar. 1839, concerning activities of the American Colonization Society.

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