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Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 to Henry Carey

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02490.13 Author/Creator: Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 March 1852 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 21 cm, Width: 17.5 cm Order a Copy

Writes to Carey in Burlington, New Jersey. Thanks him for his recent letter. Mentions that the country is demoralized on the subject of home industry and that the "loco foco corpus," meaning some democratic body or group, cannot be removed by appeals.

Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872
Carey, Henry Charles, 1793-1879

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