Letter : Buffalo, to Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1964 Nov. 30.

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Letter : Buffalo, to Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1964 Nov. 30.

Congratulates Johnson on winning election; quotes from similar letter from his grandfather, James O. Putnam, to Abraham Lincoln.

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Born in Attica, N.Y. in 1818. Served as chancellor of the University of Buffalo, deputy postmaster of Buffalo, state senator, and minister to France and the Belgian Court. Also a noted public speaker. From the description of James O. Putnam letter : Buffalo, to R. C. Hill, 1895 Aug. 15. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 76969605 Served as chancellor of the University of Buffalo, deputy postmaster of Buffalo, state senator, and minister to France and the Belgian C...