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One page letter written by George Washington Biddle to Pennslyvania Senator W.H.Wallace (William Andrew Wallace) concerning House Bill 182 urging Wallace to kill the bill and brief firm reasons why it should be so.
Letter written from Biddle’s residence at 208 South Fourth Street in Philadelphia April 23rd 1874.
5 x 8 inches
George Washington Biddle (1818-1897) served on the Philadelphia Common Council, was a member of the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention in 1872-1873, represented the United States in the Bering Sea dispute with Great Britain, and was in the group representing the Tilden interests in Florida during the dispute over the election of 1876. Biddle was Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association from 1880 to 1891. He donated his law library to the University of Pennsylvania.
ref; archival document album 4
Letter written from Biddle’s residence at 208 South Fourth Street in Philadelphia April 23rd 1874.
5 x 8 inches
George Washington Biddle (1818-1897) served on the Philadelphia Common Council, was a member of the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention in 1872-1873, represented the United States in the Bering Sea dispute with Great Britain, and was in the group representing the Tilden interests in Florida during the dispute over the election of 1876. Biddle was Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association from 1880 to 1891. He donated his law library to the University of Pennsylvania.
ref; archival document album 4
