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Mellon, Andrew (1855-1937) to Hamilton Fish, Jr.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05185 Author/Creator: Mellon, Andrew (1855-1937) Place Written: [various places] Type: Typed letter signed Date: 1924-1930 Pagination: 4 items 26.3 x 20.3 cm. Order a Copy

Three letters typed in blue inks on Treasury Department stationery: n.d., 3/5/1929 and 5/15/1924, regarding efforts to stop manufacture and traffic in addictive drugs. With additional TLS of H. J. Anslinger, commissioner of the Bureau of Narcotics, 1-19-1933.

Mellon, Andrew W. (Andrew William), 1855-1937

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