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Box 1

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Contains 1 Result:

Thomas W. Cridler General Correspondence, 1898-1900

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSN/MN 0510-2
Scope and Contents Included is in this folder is correspondence of uncertain relevance to the St. Louis World's Fair materials. Cridler has retained a lengthy letter from Colonel William McKay, a long-time Washington DC congressional lobbyist and hotel owner whose involvement in a scandalous relationship with a young woman results in tense dealings with Cridler. There is also a memorandum, marked with a stamp 3rd Assistant Secretary of State, to an unknown recipient, regarding a "potential public scandal"...
Dates: 1898-1900