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Schuyler Colfax hand-written autographed letter (ALS) on a Western Union Telegraph Co. form. Dated April 6 1868 and sent to Mr. Tinker. Speaker Colfax writes to Tinker expressing that he found interesting the news Tinker sent Colfax the night of the New Hampshire election and Colfax would like to hear from him about Connecticut that night. He presciently adds: “I expect a close election, perhaps English’s election & a Republican Legislature.” Docket on verso.

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Schuyler Colfax Jr. (March 23, 1823 – January 13, 1885) was an American journalist, businessman, and politician who served as the 17th vice president of the United States from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th speaker of the House of Representatives from 1863 to 1869.

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