George William Childs letter to Horace Porter [manuscript], 1871 November 29.

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George William Childs letter to Horace Porter [manuscript], 1871 November 29.

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Childs asks Porter if Joel Cook can travel to Washington to make an abstract of a message [by President Grant?] so that it can be telegraphed to the London Times. He assures that the copy will be used solely for this purpose.

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Childs, George W. (George William), 1829-1894

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Cook, Joel, 1842-1910

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Porter, Horace, 1837-1921

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