Letters and documents concerning Charles Mayer Wetherill, 1862-1864.

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Letters and documents concerning Charles Mayer Wetherill, 1862-1864.

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Comprises 5 letters about Wetherill's appointment as first chemist in the Dept. of Agriculture and 2 reports on Wetherill's special assignment during the Civil War. File includes copies of letters to and from President Abraham Lincoln, and letters from Isaac Newton, first Commissioner of the Dept. of Agriculture.

7 items (7 leaves)

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6807518

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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United States. Department of Agriculture

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The United States Department of Agriculture was established in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln and was elevated to a Cabinet level organization by President Grover Cleveland in 1889. The Department of Agriculture assists farmers and producers of food as well as creating policies and programs related to food distribution and nutrition information. The United States Department of Agriculture controls a number of regional offices through out the continential United States and its territories....

Newton, Isaac, 1800-1867

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First United States commissioner of agriculture, appointed by Abraham Lincoln in 1862. From the description of Letter : Philadelphia, to Millard Fillmore, 1851 Mar. 4. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33484442 ...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...