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Youngdalh, Luther Wallace (1896-1978) [Signatures of various United States political figures]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03481.33 Author/Creator: Youngdalh, Luther Wallace (1896-1978) Place Written: s.l. Type: Signature Date: no date Pagination: 40 signatures, 1 envelope Order a Copy

Collection primarily contains signatures from nineteenth and twentieth century Senators and Representatives. Other signatures are included, such as Youngdahl (Governor of Minnesota 1947-1951); William Moultrie (Revolutionary War patriot); William F. Packer (Pennsylvania Governor 1858-1861); Frank L. Polk (Acting Secretary of State 1920); Sir Oliver Mowat (Canadian statesman); Jeremiah Sullivan Black (Attorney General 1857-60 and Secretary of State 1860-1861) among others. United States Congressmen include William E. Mason (Illinois, late nineteenth/early twentieth century); Henry Dodge (Delegate and Senator from Wisconsin 1841-1856); Chilton Allen White (Representative from Ohio 1861-1864), among others.

Youngdahl, Luther Wallace, 1896-1978
Moultrie, William, 1730-1805
Packer, William F. (William Fisher)., 1807-1870
Mowat, Oliver, Sir, 1820-1903
Polk, Frank L. (Frank Lyon)., 1871-1943
Mason, William Ernest, 1850-1921
Dodge, Henry, 1782-1867
Black, Jeremiah Sullivan, 1810-1883
White, Chilton Allen, 1826-1900
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Politics
Government and Civics
Revolutionary War
Canada
American Statesmen

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