Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Daniel S. Dickinson Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dickinson
Abstract
Daniel S. Dickinson was a prominent Civil War politician from New York, a conservative Democrat who worked toward compromise before the war began. During the war, he sought to quash Union internal political disagreement and after the war he remained in politics. He was commended by the public and politicians on both sides of the conflict for his oratorical skills and genial manner. This collection is mainly composed of correspondence to that effect, as well as some letters on the subjects of...
Dates:
1799-1892; Majority of material found within 1830 - 1860
James J. Dana papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT oversize-Ayer-MS-3003
Abstract
Military commissions and appointments, 1841-1882, with some transmittal letters, and an 1890 certificate of membership in the Washington, D.C. Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Includes an 1841 Massachusetts Militia commission and nine appointments issued and signed by U.S. Presidents Pierce, Lincoln, Johnson, and Arthur, and Secretaries of War Jefferson Davis, Edwin Stanton, and Robert T. Lincoln to regular and brevet ranks in the 4th Artillery Regiment, 1855-1857, and the...
Dates:
1841-1890
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- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
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