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Francis, David Rowland, 1850-1927 To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: request for Ward to serve on a sculpture advisory committee currently in formation. [Carbon Copy]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.325 Author/Creator: Francis, David Rowland, 1850-1927 Place Written: St. Louis, Missouri Type: Typed document signed Date: 1902/10/18 Pagination: 2 p. + dock. 25 cm x 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Stationary heading: "Universal Exposition, Commemorating the Acquistion of the Louisana Territory . . . Office of the President".

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Francis, David Rowland, 1850-1927

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