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Houston, Sam, 1793-1863 to Alfred E. Burr

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02925.14 Author/Creator: Houston, Sam, 1793-1863 Place Written: Buffalo, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1851/12/31 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Asks Burr to write a letter to Thomas J. Rusk, even though he had previously asked Gideon Welles to do so. Also asks Burr to send him the "piece you spoke of in the Times, the Santa Anna letter, and the last 'Times'."

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Burr, Alfred Edmund, 1815-1900
Rusk, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1803-1857
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794-1876

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