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Cutts, Madison, fl. 1863 to Stephen Arnold Douglas

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05621.04 Author/Creator: Cutts, Madison, fl. 1863 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Letter signed Date: 14 April 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 18.5 x 11.4 cm. Order a Copy

Cutts transmits copies of correspondence (not included) written by Douglas, a Democratic United States Senator from Illinois, regarding the political proceedings at the beginning of the Civil War. Cutts (possibly responsible for publishing the correspondence in a newspaper) transmits a newspaper extract (not included) with the letters.

Cutts, Madison, fl. 1863
Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

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