<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:coverage>United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729</dc:coverage><dc:creator>Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891</dc:creator><dc:date>1877-04-28</dc:date><dc:description>Letter from General William Tecumseh Sherman to Elliot C. Cowdin, a prominent businessman and member of the New York Chamber of Commerce. Sherman declines Cowdin's invitation to speak at a Chamber of Commerce event, citing a prior commitment. 2 images.</dc:description><dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/</dc:rights><dc:subject>New York Chamber of Commerce</dc:subject><dc:subject>Generals--United States</dc:subject><dc:subject>Public speaking</dc:subject><dc:title>Letter, William T. Sherman to Elliot C. Cowdin, Washington, D.C., 1887</dc:title><dc:type>Text</dc:type></oai_dc:dc>