The Great Mississippi Flood Of 1874
Louis Alfred Wiltz
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MAYORALTY OF NEW ORLEANS.
MAYORALTY OF NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, May 30th, 1874. On the 25th instant, the kind favor of the Western Union Telegraph Company enabled me to send to the Mayors of thirty-four large American cities the following dispatch: “By request of Relief Committee and leading citizens, I again call on American cities in behalf of fifty-four thousand victims of the great flood, for such aid as your prosperity may permit or your philanthropy prompt you to grant. Contributions in cash and provisions in thirty-five days have been les
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