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Cameron, Simon (1799-1889) to Andrew Johnson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01504.02.09 Author/Creator: Cameron, Simon (1799-1889) Place Written: Washington, D. C. Type: Typed letter Date: 28 February 1866 Pagination: 1 p. ; 25.9 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy

Typed and signed as a true copy by Albert L. Mills as First Lieutenant and Adjutant First Cavalry. Cameron, former Secretary of War, and John Cerode request that President Johnson appoint Brisbin as a Colonel or Brigadier General in the regular army. These typewritten copies date to circa 1887-1891 based on Mill's rank and assignment at the time.

Simon Cameron (1799-1889) served as a senator from Pennsylvania and then served for one year as Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln, resigning amid charges of corruption. He subsequently served as a minister to Russia and then again as a senator from Pennsylvania.

Mills, Albert L., 1854-1916
Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889
Cerode, John, fl. 1866
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Brisbin, James S. (James Sanks),1837-1892

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