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Millard Fillmore et al, Buffalo, New York, letter to Governor John Thompson Hoffman :
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Millard Fillmore, Buffalo, New York, letter to Charles Henry Hart :
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Fillmore replies to Hart that he did not receive the copy of the Memoirs of President Lincoln sent by him.
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Millard Fillmore, Buffalo, New York, letter to General James Grant Wilson, New York :
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Thanking Wilson for the copy of Halleck's Poems. Fillmore praises the poems and corrects Fitz-Greene Halleck's misidentification of Seneca chief Red Jacket as Tuscarora, provides information about his history.
mssHM 23277
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Millard Fillmore, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., letter to Daniel Webster :
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Letter to Secretary of State Webster recommending Samuel Haight for the office of Consul at Matanzas, Cuba.
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Millard Fillmore, Washington, D.C., letter to Sarah J. Buell Hale, Philadelphia :
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Regarding Hale's campaign for a national day of thanksgiving. Fillmore expresses the opinion that Congress would not find it an appropriate subject for legislation and that he does not think it should be an executive action but should be left to state governors.
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R.C. Overton letter to John W. Barriger, III, Arthur H. Cole, William J. Cunningham, et al
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This typewritten letter written by Richard C. Overton is addressed to 22 individuals at various institutions. Overton writes, "Gentlemen: After the annual dinner of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association at Lexington, Kentucky, on May 7, several of us who are particularly interested in railroad research gathered together informally. Our purpose was to discuss (1) available material, (2) subjects that are significant both historically and currently in the railroad field, and (3) the best means of putting adequately trained men in contact with accessible material." He follows with a list of names and addresses of those present at that informal meeting.
mssHM 83624