Letters, 1847-1858.

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Letters, 1847-1858.

1847 - 1858

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Letters written from Albany, N.Y., New York City, and Philadelphia, 1847-1858, by George Copway, regarding assistance for the education of an Indian boy (1847), a meeting to support the Indian cause (1850), a lecture on the European peace congress (1851), and a meeting to form an unspecified permanent society in Philadelphia (1858). Correspondents include Richard Vaux (mayor of Philadelphia), J.W. Thornton (historian), and H.N. Pohlman (Albany, N.Y., Lutheran minister).

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