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- GLC#
- GLC06313.04.192-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 21 October 1822
- Author/Creator
- Milnor, William, 1769-1848
- Title
- to Aaron Hobart
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- The First Age of Reform
Desires to be appointed to the now vacant post "the office of Clerk of the House of Representatives." The office of the Clerk is filled by a vote among the Representatives, and Milnor was requesting Hobart's vote. States he has served as a Representative for many years previously, and believes this has prepared him well for the post. Milnor was not elected as Clerk.
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