Papers, 1862 Feb.- March.

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Papers, 1862 Feb.- March.

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Handwritten copies of Congressional resolutions relating to Jones' invention improving the directing or pointing of heavy artillery pieces. There is a letter from Frank P. Blair, chairman of the Military Committee of the House of Representatives to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton.

6 p. (on 4 leaves) ; 32 x 22 cm. or smaller.

Natural History Museum Los Angeles County Foundation, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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SNAC Resource ID: 7108816

Natural History Museum Los Angeles County Foundation, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869

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American jurist and politician. From the description of Letter signed : "War Department," to William Pitt Fessenden, 1862 May 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580939 U.S. secretary of war 1862-1868. From the description of Telegram (draft) : ms. : Washington, D.C., to Ulysses S. Grant, Appomattox C.H., Va., 1865 Apr. 9. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122380613 Secretary of War; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. ...

Jones, P. Franklin.

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Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876

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Francis P. Blair, 1791-1876, was an influential Kentucky politician, and later, a Washington, D.C. newspaper editor. In 1814, Blair held the position of Franklin County Circuit Court Clerk, and in the 1820's was appointed Clerk of the New Court of Appeals. When the New Court collapsed, Blair became a writer for Amos Kendall's Argus of the Western America. Many pieces were printed in this publication supporting the election of Andrew Jackson over Henry Clay. From the description of Fr...