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Letter from Samuel Bigger to Richard W. Thompson

Creator:: Bigger, Samuel, 1802-1846
Collection:: Richard W. Thompson Collection
Location:: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Date of Original:: 1845
Description:: Letter, 25 cm, marked ""confidential,"" informing Thompson that Mr. Sweetzer, a former Whig, aligned with the locofocos and would be put forward as a candidate for Commissioner of the Wabash & Erie Canal, which would be a disastrous appointment for the state and the party. Addressed on verso and postmarked Fort Wayne.
Subject:: Thompson, Richard W. (Richard Wigginton), 1809-1900--Correspondence; Wabash and Erie Canal (Ind. and Ohio)

Category:: Manuscripts & Documents
Format of Original:: Manuscript
Item ID:: 71200908302006
Holding Institution:: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Digital File ID:: 71200908302006
Available for Viewing:: By appointment only
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