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Spinner, Francis Elias, 1802-1890 to Elias Root

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00431.01 Author/Creator: Spinner, Francis Elias, 1802-1890 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 15, 1846 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Writes about the whereabouts of a captain. Discusses the situation in Washington and remarks, "At present there seems to be but little chance for the Radical democracy ... certain it is, they can't be worse than they have been." The letter is written on blue paper.

Spinner, Francis Elias, 1802-1890
Root, Elias, fl. 1846-1858

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