James Gillespie Blaine : papers, 1848-1886.

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James Gillespie Blaine : papers, 1848-1886.

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Letters and invitations. A 9 October 1848 letter to Philemon B. Ewing discusses the presidential election and his support for Zachary Taylor and that Henry Clay expects to be elected to the Senate; a printed 1851 invitation to D.S. and Mrs. Wilson to attend a military ball at the Western Military Institute at Drennon Springs, Kentucky (Blaine was an instructor there at the time); a 5 July 1871 letter of condolence on the death of Hugh McKee; and an 18 June 1886 letter to Mrs. McKee recollecting his youth in Kentucky.

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