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- GLC#
- GLC02735
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- March 5, 1860
- Author/Creator
- Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
- Title
- to James Buchanan
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 20.6 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Writes to President Buchanan to forward an enclosed letter [not present] from Reverend William D. Howard, a Presbyterian clergyman from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Howard's letter recommends his son, Robert R. Howard, for the position of District Attorney in Nebraska territory. Declares, "He read law under my direction, is a very industrious worthy young gentleman, of more than ordinary ability, a good lawyer and sound democrat, and would be an excellent appointment to the District Attorneyship." Note in pen on verso in different handwriting listing date, authorship of Stanton's letter, and a brief summary of its contents.
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