Manuscripts

Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C., letter to Robert Johnson

Description: Autograph letter signed. Regarding the nomination of Stephen A. Douglas as presidential candidate and Tennessee's position. Letter marked private. (4 pages)
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1860 April 22
Call number: HM 8208
Creator: Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875)(Opens in new tab)
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.

Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C., letter to Robert Johnson, Nashville

Manuscripts

Autograph letter signed, with addressed envelope and franking signature. Regarding Congress, William H. Barksdale's bill proposing the expulsion of free persons of color from Tennessee, the Tennessee state convention, and Stephen A. Douglas as a presidential candidate. (8 pages)

HM 8207

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Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C., letter to Robert Johnson

Manuscripts

Autograph letter signed. Discusses relations between Spain and Mexico; Robert Johnson's potential January visit to Washington, D.C.; his boredom and the inactivity of Congress. (4 pages)

HM 8204

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Andrew Johnson, Nashville, letter to Robert Johnson

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Autograph letter signed. Regarding Robert Johnson's partnership with McFarland, a fire in Nashville, politics and the presidential election. (4 pages)

HM 8203

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Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C., letter to Robert Johnson, Greeneville, Tennessee

Manuscripts

Autograph letter, with addressed envelope and franking signature. Regarding the appointment of William Churchwell and possible appointment for Robert Johnson, candidates for Congress from Tennessee, and politics. (4 pages)

HM 8205

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Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C., letter to David Trotter Patterson

Manuscripts

Autograph letter signed. Regarding the annexation of Texas and relations with Mexico; the state of the Democratic Party and the 1844 presidential race; and several politicians including Martin Van Buren, Lewis Cass, John Tyler, Henry Clay, Thomas Hart Benton, James K. Polk, and others. Letter also mentions a recent tariff bill defeat. (5 pages)

HM 8201

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Andrew Johnson, Greeneville, Tennessee, letter to Robert Johnson, Nashville

Manuscripts

Autograph letter signed, with addressed envelope and franking signature. Discusses the position of state geologist and Tennessee state politics; the recharter of banks, the currency issue, and banking; and activities in Greeneville. (8 pages)

HM 8206

Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C., letter to Robert Johnson

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