Letters and telegrams sent to John Warwick Daniel [manuscript], 1884-1908.

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Letters and telegrams sent to John Warwick Daniel [manuscript], 1884-1908.

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Items addressed to John Warwick Daniel include requests for political patronage and an endorsement of William Jennings Bryan, a request to sponsor a bill concerning a pension for the parent of a solider who died from poisoned rations issued by the government, a request to be appointed secretary and disbursement officer for the Paris exhibition (1900), request to review information about the construction of the Library of Congress building, and a telegram asking him to speak at a banquet. Also included is a Western Union telegram, 1884, from Page McCarty, Washington, D.C., to Robert D. Yancey, Lynchburg, Va., concerning a check in the mail.

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