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John B. Williams letter to Ogden Hoffman

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Description
Williams relates that "we are all in a state of excitement here, as everything depends on Grant's success." He also writes of a recent bill that is to rearrange the judicial districts of California, and of the effort to repeal the Act of 1860, which would transfer survey cases to the Land offices.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1864, May 12.
Call number
mssHM 19020
Creator
Williams, John B(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Grabhorn Collection, January 1945.
Dimensions
25 cm :
Associated people
Hoffman, Ogden, (1822-1891,)
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