Letter to Grover Cleveland [manuscript], 1887 August 22.

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Letter to Grover Cleveland [manuscript], 1887 August 22.

McDonald urges Cleveland to make a brief political trip to the Lynchburg, Va., Fairgrounds to speak on behalf of the Democratic Party and combat the influence of Republican Party boss William Mahone.

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University of Virginia. Library

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McDonald, Alexander, d.1897.

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Secretary of the Lynchburg Agricultural and Mechanical Society and editor of the Lynchburg "News," 1880-1887. From the description of Letter to Grover Cleveland [manuscript], 1887 August 22. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647834392 ...

Democratic Party (Va.)

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Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Democratic Party of Virginia">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Democratic Party of Virginia</a>. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Democratic Party (Va.)">http://scrc...

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

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Grover Cleveland, born in Caldwell, NJ, 18 March 1837; moved to Buffalo, NY in 1855; Erie County Sheriff, 1871-1874; Mayor of Buffalo, 1882; Governor of New York, 1883-1884; President of the United States, 1885-1889, 1893-1897; married Frances Folsom, 1886; died at Princeton, NJ, 24 June 1908....

Mahone, William, 1826-1895

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Confederate Army officer, railroad administrator, politician. From the description of Papers, 1853-1895; (bulk 1876-1892). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 23371607 Politician and senator, leader in "Readjuster" movement to readjust state debt. From the description of Letter : Petersburg, to Merideth Watson, Nottoway County, 1880 April 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122539121 James Barron Hope was born 23 March 1829 in Norfolk, Virginia...