P. H. SMITH TO TILDEN (TELEGRAM)
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"Springfield, Ill., June 21, 1876.
"To Gov. Sam. J. Tilden, "15 Gramercy.
"The Chicago Times to-day says that you were chairman of platform committee in eighteen hundred and sixty-four which put forth the famous peace resolution pronouncing the war as a failure. Please telegraph the fact. Large majority of this convention for you.
"P. H. Smith."