Letter : Washington, D.C., Charles Devens, [Washington, D.C.], 1880 Jan. 21.

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Letter : Washington, D.C., Charles Devens, [Washington, D.C.], 1880 Jan. 21.

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Autograph letter signed. Thurman, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, requests information from the Attorney General regarding political appointments.

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Devens, Charles, 1820-1891

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Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Devens graduated from Boston Latin School and eventually Harvard College in 1838, and from the Harvard Law School in 1840. He was admitted to the bar in Franklin County, Massachusetts, where he practiced law from 1841 to 1849. In 1848, he was a Whig member of the Massachusetts Senate. From 1849 to 1853, Devens was United States Marshal for Massachusetts, in which capacity he was called upon in 1851 to remand the fugitive slave, Thomas Sims, to slavery. This...

Thurman, Allen Granbery, 1813-1895

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U.S. Senator from Ohio who served on the Senate Judiciary Committee. From the description of Letters, 1880. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55941341 U.S. representative and senator from Ohio and jurist. From the description of Allen Granbery Thurman correspondence, 1881 January 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980616 ...