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Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874) to E.L. Wyler [?] Esq.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07483.24 Author/Creator: Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874) Place Written: Petersboro, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 August 1868 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20.5 x 13 cm. Order a Copy

Recipient's name is illegible. Mentions Ulysses S. Grant/ Schuyler Colfax running for president/ vice president in the election of 1868 and states he is in support of them.

Smith was a United States reformer, abolitionist, politician, and philanthropist.

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885

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