Certificate appointing Dorsey Gardner Secretary of the United States Commission to the International Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia, 1880 June 28

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Certificate appointing Dorsey Gardner Secretary of the United States Commission to the International Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia, 1880 June 28

1880

http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4548146

Document signed by William M. Evarts, Secretary of State. Dorsey Gardner declined the appointment in July, 1880.

1 item (1 p.); 32 x 46 cm., folded to 16 x 23 cm.

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