John Peter Richardson papers, 1882-1890.

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John Peter Richardson papers, 1882-1890.

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Consisting of poem, 4 Feb. 1882; newspaper clipping from the Weekly News and Courier (Charleston, S.C.), 12 Dec. 1888, "Men Who Rule the State: John Peter Richardson and His Cabinet"; and cover letter, 12 May 1890, Columbia, S.C., to Samuel Dibble, Washington, D.C., for copy of a legislative proceeding thanking Gen. [William Worth] Belknap for his return of an engraving of George Washington to the state of South Carolina.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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