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Stevenson, Job Evans, 1832-1922 [List of orders for a printed Congressional speech]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03481.15.04 Author/Creator: Stevenson, Job Evans, 1832-1922 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document Date: circa 30 May 1872 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Partially printed. Lists the names and corresponding number of copies ordered for a print of a speech delivered 16 March 1872 in the House of Representatives. List includes three Representatives' signatures: Job Evans Stevenson (Ohio), Aaron Fyfe Perry (Ohio), and Charles Foster (Ohio). Speech was delivered on the topic of the Ku Klux Klan. The name of the person who delivered the speech is torn from document. Printed text relates that copies of the speech are to be printed at the Congressional Globe Office.

Stevenson, Job Evans, 1832-1922
Perry, Aaron Fyfe, 1815-1893
Foster, Charles, 1828-1904

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