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Randall, Samuel Jackson (1828-1890) [List of orders for a printed Congressional speech]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03481.15.01 Author/Creator: Randall, Samuel Jackson (1828-1890) Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: circa 21 January 1866 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 31.6 x 20.1 cm. Order a Copy

Lists the names and corresponding number of copies ordered for a print of a speech delivered by John Littleton Dawson 21 January 1866 in the House of Representatives. List includes 18 signatures of Representatives: Samuel Jackson Randall (Pennsylvania), Benjamin Markley Boyer (Pennsylvania), Charles Denison (Pennsylvania), James Morgan Humphrey (New York), Lawrence Strother Trimble (Kentucky), Philip Johnson (Pennsylvania), William Ellis Niblack (Indiana), Samuel Scott Marshall (Illinois), John Hogan (Missouri), Anthony Thornton (Illinois), Henry Grider (Kentucky), Myer Strouse (Pennsylvania), Michael Crawford Kerr (Indiana), Charles Augustus Eldregde (Wisconsin), John Winthrop Chanler (New York), Thomas Estes Noell (Missouri), and Adam John Glossbrenner (Pennsylvania).

Dawson served as United States Representative from Pennsylvania 1851-1854 and 1863-1866.

Randall, Samuel Jackson, 1828-1890
Boyer, Benjamin Markley, 1823-1887
Denison, Charles, 1818-1867
Humphrey, James Morgan, 1819-1899
Trimble, Lawrence Strother, 1825-1904
Johnson, Philip, 1818-1867
Niblack, William Ellis, 1822-1893
Marshall, Samuel Scott, 1821-1890
Hogan, John, 1805-1892
Thornton, Anthony, 1814-1904
Grider, Henry, 1796-1866
Strouse, Myer, 1825-1878
Kerr, Michael Crawford, 1827-1876
Eldredge, Charles Augustus, 1820-1896
Chanler, John Winthrop, 1826-1877
Noell, Thomas Estes, 1839-1867
Glossbrenner, Adam John, 1810-1889
Dawson, John Littleton, 1813-1870

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