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Spinner, Francis Elias, 1802-1890 to George William Curtis

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03225.01 Author/Creator: Spinner, Francis Elias, 1802-1890 Place Written: Mohawk, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 September 1875 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 21 x 16 cm. Order a Copy

Writes that because of the opinion of his friends, he will accept the nomination for Comptroller of the State of New York.

Spinner, Francis Elias, 1802-1890
Curtis, George William, 1824-1892

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