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Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908) to Perry Belmont re: removing political corruption from national life

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06041 Author/Creator: Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908) Place Written: Princeton Type: Typed letter signed Date: 1906/01/09 Pagination: 1 p. 27.7 x 21.2 cm Order a Copy

Written in response to Belmont's article "Publicity of Campaign Receipts and Expenditures." Cleveland writes in part: "I am thorougly convinced that the time has arrived when this subject should be treated thoroughly and rigorously and with honest intention to arrive... at this point where the baleful influences of political corruption shall be removed from our national life."

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908
Belmont, Perry, 1851-1947

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