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Grant, Frederick Dent (1850-1912) To General Wilson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04360.012 Author/Creator: Grant, Frederick Dent (1850-1912) Place Written: [New York] Type: Letter Date: 1895/11/14 Pagination: Order a Copy

Thanking Wilson for "Life of General Lee" which he has not finished reading. Encloses a newspaper account of a speech he made in Cincinnati [not included].

Grant, Frederick Dent, 1850-1912

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