Manuscripts
New York citizens letter to Andrew Johnson
- Description
Sending "a Coach, span of horses, harness, blankets, et cetera" to Andrew Johnson as a token of their appreciation of his fidelity to the country. Includes signatures for 40 individuals or companies. Includes addressed envelope.
- Date
- 1865 May 17
- Call number
- HM 8213
- 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.
