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Page, Thomas, fl. 1845 to Francis Preston Blair

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03209.16 Author/Creator: Page, Thomas, fl. 1845 Place Written: Frankfort, Kentucky Type: Letter signed Date: January 31, 1845 Pagination: 1 p. : address : free frank Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Page, (possibly Kentucky auditor Thomas S. Page), recommends James Green Hardy, Barren County Representative in the State Legislature James, for a position in the Post Office Department of Kentucky. Informs Blair, Republican Party Organizer and editor of the Washington, D.C. newspaper The Globe, that this recommendation is not "a mere complimentary letter, but one in good 'dead earnest.' "

Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876
Page, Thomas, fl. 1845
Hardy, James Green, 1795-1856

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