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Weed, Thurlow, 1797-1882 to Horace Greeley

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05603.01.33 Author/Creator: Weed, Thurlow, 1797-1882 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 September 1852 Pagination: 1 p. ; 16.1 x 11.7 cm. Order a Copy

Weed, a journalist active in politics, writes to Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune. Comments that Henry Wilson "ought to be at the Free Soil State Convention," to be held in Syracuse, New York.

Weed, Thurlow, 1797-1882
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875

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