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Letter from Ida M. Tarbell (letterhead: S.S. McClure, Limited, New York City) to Joseph Medill, 1895-10-14

 Item — Box: 1A, Folder: 2.2.1

Scope and Contents

"I had the pleasure ... of talking with you about our proposed series of articles on Abraham Lincoln. ... I remember we talked of the famous Bloomington speech of Mr. Lincoln and you kindly gave me your impressions of it. Since then I have fround a man, Mr. H.C. Whitney ... who has made an attempt to reproduce the speech. He was at Bloomington and took notes. ... I trust, my dear Mr. Medill, that I am not imposing on your generosity in asking that you examine the report of Dr. Whitney and state fankly what you think of it."

Dates

  • 1895-10-14

Creator

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Extent

From the Collection: 17 Boxes

Language of Materials

From the File: English

Related Materials

The transcript by Whitney is in folder 2.3

Library Details

Part of the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Repository

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