Letter to Henry A. Wise [manuscript] 1839 Jan. 19.

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Letter to Henry A. Wise [manuscript] 1839 Jan. 19.

Stuart writes concerning congressional investigation of executive abuses in the Post Office Dept.

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University of Virginia. Library

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