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Ingersoll, Robert G. (fl. ca. 1876) Soul stirring speech. Glowing Words Spoken to the Defenders of the Union.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05778 Author/Creator: Ingersoll, Robert G. (fl. ca. 1876) Place Written: s.l. Type: Broadside Date: circa 1876 Pagination: 1 p. ; 56.7 x 36.4 cm. Order a Copy

This document is a reprinted copy of a newpaper page by the Indianapolis Journal. It is a transcript of a speech given by Colonel R.G. Ingersoll that is aimed at attacking Tilden's "Reform Democracy", which he associates closely with the rebellion.

Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893

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