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Edwin M. Stanton, Washington, D.C., letter to Andrew Johnson

Description

Letter signed. Stanton sends orders from the War Department to Johnson as Brigadier General/ Military Governor of Tennessee for the military takeover of the state. (3 pages)

Type
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Date
1863 April 18
Call number
HM 8222
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.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Johnson, Eliza McCardle, (1810-1876,)
Johnson, Robert, (1834-1869,)
Patterson, David Trotter, (1818-1891,)
Patterson, Martha Johnson, (1828-1901,)
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