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States Benate,
WASHINGTON,D.C.
/
April 15, 1902.
My dear Mr. President:
Will you please revert to. aur conference on yes-
terday morning, at which time the question of an appoint-
ment on the Board of Visitors at the St. Elizabeth In-
sane Asylum was discussed. I now desire to present to
you the name of Dr. Harry A. Sellhausen, of 903 New York
Avenue, n.W., Washington, D. C., who comes to my highly en-
dorsed by the Third Vice-President of the Southern Railway,
in this City, as being a young man of excellent standing
and exceptional ability, and is, I believe, eminently fit-
ted to fill the office with credit to the service as. well
as to himself.
I
should be much pleased if you could
favorably consider Dr. Sellhausen, and send his name in- for
appointment.
Faithfully yours,
TCReato
The President.
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