Letter, New Port, to Franklin Benjamin Sanborn [manuscript] 1871 Oct. 10.

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Letter, New Port, to Franklin Benjamin Sanborn [manuscript] 1871 Oct. 10.

Howe reveals his hope that Sanborn will be nominated for chairman of the Massachusetts Board of State Charities.

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University of Virginia. Library

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