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Letter to Herman J. Redfield

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Description: This letter, which is signed by 17 men, is recommending John McClure for the position of Inspector of the Customs for the Port of New York. It states that McClure is "a firm and undeviating Democrat, and worthy citizen, and in our opinion a man well qualified to perform the duties of the office." One of the signatures belongs to John A. Dix, who served as US Secretary of the Treasury as well as the 24th Governor of New York.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1853, October 25.
Call number: mssHM 79230
Provenance: In Library.
Dimensions: 32 cm :
Associated people: Dix, John A. (1798-1879,)

Millard Fillmore et al, Buffalo, New York, letter to Governor John Thompson Hoffman :

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Fillmore and other citizens of Buffalo, New York recommending the appointment of Robert H. Best as a commissioner of the Niagara Frontier Police in Buffalo, in case of vacancy. Signed by 20 individuals.

mssHM 39933

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Franklin Pierce, Washington, D.C., letter to Sarah J. Buell Hale, Philadelphia :

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Pierce expresses sympathy with Hale's general views but perceives "serious objections" to recommending her request. A penciled note on the accompanying addressed envelope lists Thanksgiving Day as the topic of the letter.

mssHM 20524

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McClure, Warren J

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Two items. A response letter, from Otis Chandler, to an Ann Landers column tear sheet that Warren J. McClure of the Burlington Free Press sent him. McClure wrote a note on the actual tear sheet (newspaper clipping.)

mssLAT

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Frank J. Fay letters

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Letters by Frank J. Fay to Patrick Hoey, James Montgomery, and Irish actress Sara Allgood, written from Dublin, New York City, Chicago, Liverpool, and London. The main topic of the letters is Fay's work as an actor and director, and in one letter he writes about Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw.

mssHM 26354-26389

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Frank J. Fay letters

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mssHM 26354-26389

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Phineas Warren letter of recommendation for Leander Gerrard

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In this letter to "Sir," Hitchcock is recommending Leander Gerrard for U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska. Gerrard was a member of the Nebraska State Senate and a prominent resident and lawyer of Columbus, Nebraska.

mssHM 79062

Letter to Herman J. Redfield

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