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S. F. J. (Orator) [Biographical oration on President William Henry Harrison, for election?]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08445.08 Author/Creator: S. F. J. (Orator) Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 1841/03/04 ca. Pagination: 46 p. 21 x 16 cm Order a Copy

Post-election day eulogy, delivered on the day of WHH's inauguration (?), per p.1. Signed with initials at end "S.F.J."

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