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State of Illinois, Executive Department, 1880 Letter signed by the Governor, Shelby Moore Cullom

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State of Illinois, Executive Department, 1880 Letter signed by the Governor, Shelby Moore Cullom
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Illinois, 1880. Letter from Illinois Governor, Shelby Moore Cullom, to Eugene Schuyler. The letter served as a formal introduction to a Mrs. F. L. Need (?) who "is a lady of rare culture and merit." Letter is on State of Illinois Executive Department letterhead. Shelby Moore Cullom (November 22, 1829 – January 28, 1914) was a U.S. political figure, serving in various offices, including the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate and the 17th Governor of Illinois. Eugene Schuyler (February 26, 1840 – July 16, 1890) was a nineteenth-century American scholar, writer, explorer and diplomat. Schuyler was one of the first three Americans to earn a Ph.D. from an American university; and the first American translator of Ivan Turgenev and Lev Tolstoi. He was the first American diplomat to visit Russian Central Asia, and as American Consul General in Istanbul he played a key role in publicizing Turkish atrocities in Bulgaria in 1876 during the April Uprising. He was the first American Minister to Romania and Serbia, and U.S. Minister to Greece. Letter is in Fine condition with damage to top margin.