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1815-1860

Youngdalh, Luther Wallace, 1896-1978

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Title: [Signatures of various United States political figures]

Collection primarily contains signatures from nineteenth and twentieth century Senators and Representatives. Other signatures are included, such as Youngdahl (Governor of Minnesota 1947-1951); William Moultrie (Revolutionary War patriot); William F. Packer (Pennsylvania Governor 1858-1861); Frank L. Polk (Acting Secretary of State 1920); Sir Oliver Mowat (Canadian statesman); Jeremiah Sullivan Black (Attorney General 1857-60 and Secretary of State 1860-1861) among others. United States Congressmen include William E. Mason (Illinois, late nineteenth/early twentieth century); Henry Dodge (…

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