Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854 to Metcalf Marsh
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04417 Author/Creator: Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854 Place Written: Providence, Rhode Island Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 March 1835 Pagination: 1 p. : address ; 25.5 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Discusses potential candidates for election (for Rhode Island's Constitutional Party). Dorr, who would lead the Dorr Rebellion in 1842, was then a state legislator. Year inferred from content related to another letter from Dorr to Metcalf (see GLC04416).
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