Letters [manuscript] 1856 & 1927.

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Letters [manuscript] 1856 & 1927.

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The letters are 1856 May 3, John Tyler to Robert Tyler sending a draft on him in favor of a New York bank [2 p. holograph signed 25.5 cm.] -- Letter, 1856 April 23, John Buchanan Floyd, Abingdon, Va. to Henry Alexander Wise nominating two Democrats for a bank directorship [2 l. holograph signed 25 cm.] -- Letter, 1927 June 29, James Branch Cabell, Mountain Lake, Va. to W. Leslie Barnette giving advice on writing [1 l. typescript signed 17.5 cm.].

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Richards, Paul C.

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