Letter, 1902 Feb. 13, New York, to George H. Denny, Lexington, Va.

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Letter, 1902 Feb. 13, New York, to George H. Denny, Lexington, Va.

Concerns a pledge by his father toward an endowment fund for a memorial chair of economics and science in Washington and Lee University.

1 p. Typescript signed.

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