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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 Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 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).

Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854
Marsh, Metcalf, fl. 1835-1846

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