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Cameron, Simon (1799-1889) to Robert G. White

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05891.10 Author/Creator: Cameron, Simon (1799-1889) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 March 1860 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 20.5 x 16.5 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses the upcoming Republican Presidential Convention in Chicago. Doubts he will be nominated, but is attempting to control the votes of delegates from his home state of Pennsylvania, in hopes of increasing both his chances of nomination and his importance at the convention.

Robert G. White was a district court judge in Pennsylvania.

Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889
White, Robert Gray, 1807-1875

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