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Dana, Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh, 1822-1905 to L. Pierce Jr.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09230 Author/Creator: Dana, Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh, 1822-1905 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript letter Date: 10 December 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

Retained copy of letter to the U.S. Consul at Matamoras, declining to intervene in the ongoing Civil War in Mexico. "The federal government of Mexico is on terms of intimate friendship with ours... if your danger is iminent you should remove herer under my protection with your property and money."

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