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Walker, Robert J. (Robert John) (1801-1869) to Andrew Johnson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03135.11.10 Author/Creator: Walker, Robert J. (Robert John) (1801-1869) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter Date: 19 October 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 20.1 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Marked "copy." Writes that Governor William L. Sharkey and Judge [William] Yeager recently recommended the pardon of Albert Gallatin Brown. Conveys his strong agreement with this sentiment.

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Walker, Robert J. (Robert John)., 1801-1869

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