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Thayer, M. Russell (Martin Russell), 1819-1906 The Great Victory -- Its Cost and Its Value : an Address Delivered at Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, July 4th 1865 by Hon. M. Russell Thayer.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01265.39 Author/Creator: Thayer, M. Russell (Martin Russell), 1819-1906 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Pamphlet Date: 1865 Pagination: 18 p. : Height: 22 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

Published by King & Baird, printers. States that through the blessings of God, it has finally been established that the country is one and indivisible. Encourages the congregation to be thankful to the men have who have fought and that peace has finally come to the nation.

Thayer, M. Russell (Martin Russell), 1819-1906

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