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Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906 to Norton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02870 Author/Creator: Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906 Place Written: Westchester, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 14, 1895 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 15.5 cm, Width: 13.6 cm Order a Copy

Thanks Norton for the invitation to the Tavern Club dinner, and wonders whether they can plan to meet when he attends a committee meeting on a date in February to be determined. Adds, "I do not take a gloomy view of the present condition of things in the United States, although there is, no doubt, much to disturb one's equanimity [?]. What buoys up my hope is that the enlightened public opinion of the country is now a stronger power than it has been for many years."

Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908
Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906

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