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Spinner, Francis Elias (1802-1890) to Henry M. Hubbard

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00431.08 Author/Creator: Spinner, Francis Elias (1802-1890) Place Written: Washington, D. C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 March 1875 Pagination: 1 p. ; 21 x 13 cm. Order a Copy

Informs that he has complied with Hubbard's unspecified request. Addressed from the Treasury of the United States to Hubbard in Windsor, Vermont.

Spinner was a United States Representative 1855-1860. He was later appointed by Abraham Lincoln to the post of Treasurer of the United States, 1861-1875.

Spinner, Francis Elias, 1802-1890
Hubbard, Henry M., fl. 1875

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