Papers 1888-1897.

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Papers 1888-1897.

Letters, Feb. 16, 1888, and Feb. 25, 1897, to Julius Whiting, Jr., Canton, O., from William McKinley, Jr., Washington, D.C., relative to a political appointment, and from M.A. Hanna, Cleveland, O., relative to the support of William McKinley, Jr., by the "labor element" of Stark Co., Ohio.

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