Letter : Mobile, Ala., to Lewis Cass, [Washington, D.C.], 1857 Mar. 10.

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Letter : Mobile, Ala., to Lewis Cass, [Washington, D.C.], 1857 Mar. 10.

Autograph letter signed. Recommends the appointment of George [G. Summers?] as District Attorney of U.S. for the [Mobile?] district.

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Texas Christian University

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