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Subject: 1884 United States presidential election

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Letter from Ralph Smith to an unknown recipient, Eagle City, Colorado, August 3, 1884Letter from Ralph Smith to an unknown recipient, Eagle City, Colorado, August 3, 1884

A two-page letter written by Ralph Smith on Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express letterhead. Dated August 3, 1884, from Eagle City, Colorado, the letter discusses mining claims (the Earp claim), travel on the trail to Murray, a gambling incident involving a Jewish saloon owner named Frienburg, and a shooting incident at Frienburg's saloon. The letter also mentions the 1884 presidential candidates, Cleveland and Hendricks.

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