Letcher, John, 1813-1884

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Dates:
Birth 1813-03-29
Death 1884-01-26

Biographical notes:

Governor of Virginia.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Richmond, Va., to President Buchanan, 1860 June 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270591184

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lexington, Va., to Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, 1813-1884. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590807

Native of Virginia; graduate of Washington College; lawyer, newspaper editor, presidential elector in 1848, and member of Virginia's constitutional convention 1850-1851; Virginia congressman 1851-1859; Civil War Governor of Virginia.

From the description of Proclamation, 1860 February 7. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 16293882

Member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1851-1859, and governor of Virginia, 1860-1863; from Lexington (Rockbridge Co.), Va.

From the description of Papers, 1849-1857. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19865928

From the description of Letter, 1852 Dec. 20 : holograph, to My Dear Sir (Mr. Shands?), from House of Representatives. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 29041191

Representative from Virginia.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Washington], to Thomas S. Bocock, 1857 Mar. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270591568

Representative from Virginia and Governor.

From the description of Autograph signature cut from the register of Brown's Hotel : Washington, D.C., [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270591995

Governor of Virginia and U.S. representative of Virginia.

From the description of Letters of John Letcher, 1853-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014927

John Letcher, a native of Lexington, Virginia, graduated from Washington College in 1833; was a United States Congressman, 1851-1859; Governor of Virginia, 1860-1864.

From the description of Papers, 1845-1873. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 53308265

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Subjects:

  • African Americans
  • Elections
  • Employment references
  • Governor
  • Governor
  • Governors
  • Governors
  • Legislators
  • Legislators
  • Patronage, Political
  • Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
  • Secession

Occupations:

  • Governors
  • Representatives, U.S. Congress

Places:

  • Virginia (as recorded)
  • Rockbridge County (Va.) (as recorded)
  • Virginia (as recorded)
  • Richmond (Va.) (as recorded)
  • New York (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Virginia (as recorded)
  • Augusta County (Va.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Virginia (as recorded)
  • Virginia (as recorded)
  • Shenandoah Valley (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Virginia (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Virginia (as recorded)
  • Richmond (Va.) (as recorded)
  • Virginia (as recorded)
  • Confederate States of America (as recorded)
  • Lexington (Va.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Virginia (as recorded)

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