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Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888 to J.Q.A. Ward

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.248 Author/Creator: Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1886/10/15 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Written on "Headquarters Army of the United States" stationary, lined. Re: the proposed location for the statue of Lafayette and the need to consider another site for the proposed statue.

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

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