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Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869 to Alfred Burr

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02925.15 Author/Creator: Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 29. 1859 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

Remarks, " ... my conviction that this is preeminently the time, possibly the only time, for an earnest & successful effort to overthrow sectionalism in the Northern States." Marked private at top.

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
Burr, Alfred Edmund, 1815-1900

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