Speech : holograph / J.L. Motley, 1868 Oct. 20.

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Speech : holograph / J.L. Motley, 1868 Oct. 20.

Address concerns the presidential election of 1868. Entitled "Speech" in the manuscript, entitled in the printed version Four Questions for the People, at the Presidential Election (subtitled Address of John Lothrop Motley, Before the Parker Fraternity, at the Music Hall, October 20, 1868). Publisher's manuscript, including numerous emendations and deletions by Motley.

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