Manuscripts
Andrew Johnson, Nashville, letter to Ambrose E. Burnside, Cincinnati
- Description
Letter, with addressed envelope. Introducing Samuel J. Carter of Nashville. Written and signed for Johnson by his secretary. (1 page)
- Date
- 1863 June 5
- Call number
- HM 8209
- Provenance
- Purchased from Anderson Galleries, George S. Hellman collection sale, November 1919. Collection had been given by Johnson's daughter Martha Patterson to her friend Laura Carter Holloway Langford, author of The Ladies of the White House; or, In the Home of the Presidents (1870). Langford apparently sold the material to New York collector George S. Hellman.
- Restrictions
- Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
