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Blog: Exoduster Letters
William Watson to Dora (Susanna) Salter
A note from William Watson, mayor of Argonia, Sumner County, informing Susanna Salter that she was elected to serve as mayor in the election held two days earlier. Salter was the first elected female mayor in the United States.
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