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Smith, Gerrit To the voters of Oswego and Madison counties New York

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09329.02 Author/Creator: Smith, Gerrit Place Written: s.l. Type: Broadsheet Date: 5 November 1852 Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy

Thanking them for electing him to a seat in Congress, and reprising his anti-slavery, pro-equality platform.

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