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Washburn, Cadwallader Colden, 1818-1882 to H. M. Benedict, Esq.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02464.19 Author/Creator: Washburn, Cadwallader Colden, 1818-1882 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 March 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20.1 cm, Width: 25.2 cm Order a Copy

General Washburn replies to a note from Benedict, a lawyer in Albany, New York. Writes, "I regret that I had not sooner received it that I might have concentrated even in a very small way to the great charity with which you are connected. As you mention that the purchasers of Albums have been promised autographs which might arrive after the fair, I enclosed you a few of mine."

Washburn, Cadwallader Colden, 1818-1882
Benedict, Henry Marvin, 1827-1875

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