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Goldsmith, J.S. to Samuel Fessenden

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09762.03 Author/Creator: Goldsmith, J.S. Place Written: unknown Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 09 October 1884 Pagination: 1 p. ; 21.2 x 13.8 cm Order a Copy

One letter from J.S. Goldsmith to Samuel Fressenden, the Secretary of the Republican National Committee. In it he requests compensation for a 5 page anti-Cleveland pamphlet that Goldsmith created.

Fessender, Samuel
Goldsmith, J.S

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