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Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908) to Fitzhugh Lee

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09259 Author/Creator: Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 October 1897 Pagination: 3 p. Order a Copy

To Fitzhugh Lee as U.S. Consul General to Havana, asking Lee to aid a New York doctor in obtaining legal proof of his brother's death in Cuba.

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