Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Dr. [James?] Walker, [1847 Nov.]

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Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Dr. [James?] Walker, [1847 Nov.]

Noting that Chief Justice Parker is going to accept a law professorship; reporting that he has requested a meeting of the [Harvard?] Corporation.

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