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Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) to Harriet Weed

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00930.03 Author/Creator: Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) Place Written: Chappaqua, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 October 1857 Pagination: 2 p. ; 20.5 x 13 cm. Order a Copy

Writes to the daughter of Thurlow Weed, a fellows journalist and founder of the Albany Evening Journal, about a meeting. Regrets that he could not visit sooner and arranges to have the meeting when he comes to Albany, New York. Mentions talking with her sisters, Maria and Emily.

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Weed, Harriet, 1819-1893

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