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Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874 to H. P. McIntosh

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04884.01 Author/Creator: Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874 Place Written: Buffalo, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 March 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 19.7 cm, Width: 12.5 cm Order a Copy

Former President Fillmore transmits a speech (refer to GLC04884.02) to McIntosh of Cleveland, Ohio. Writes that the address was delivered in Buffalo, New York 22 February 1864 to the Ladies Christian Commission (Great Central) Fair. States "Though it has been attacked by the abolitionists, I adhere to it as it is written changing no word."

Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874
McIntosh, H. P., fl. 1864

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