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Van Wyck, Robert A. to J.Q.A. Ward

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.253 Author/Creator: Van Wyck, Robert A. Place Written: New York, NY Type: Typed letter signed Date: 21 June 1899/06/21 Pagination: 1 p. ; 26.6 cm x 20.3 cm. Order a Copy

Re: Mayoral appointment for Ward to an Executive Committee in charge of reception for Admiral George Dewey.

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Dewey, George, 1837-1917
Van Wyck, John, fl. 1899

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