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Ferry, Thomas J., fl. 1877; Counting the Vote for President and Vice President

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00212.03 Author/Creator: Ferry, Thomas J., fl. 1877; Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Printed document Date: 10 February 1877 Pagination: 1 card ; 7.5 x 12 cm. Order a Copy

One bearer pass dated February 1877. Provides admittance to the gallery of the House of Representatives to count the votes for president and vice president. Signed by Thomas J. Ferry, president pro tempore of the Senate and Samuel J. Randall, speaker of the House.

Ferry, Thomas J., fl. 1877
Randall, Samuel Jackson, 1828-1890

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