Letter : Ashfield, Mass., to George P. Sawyer, 1884 Oct. 10.

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Letter : Ashfield, Mass., to George P. Sawyer, 1884 Oct. 10.

Letter to George P. Sawyer, 10 Oct. 1884, declining an invitation to speak and commenting on the unworthiness of James Gillespie Blaine, contendor for the Republican nonmination for president.

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