E.W. Stoughton correspondence, 1876 November 22.

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E.W. Stoughton correspondence, 1876 November 22.

ALS (New Orleans) from Stoughton to Col. John Schuyler Crosby describing his work as a member of the electoral commission appointed by Congress to examine and report on the returns for certain states in the Hayes-Tilden presidential election.

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Stoughton, E. W. (Edwin Wallace), 1818-1882

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