ALS, 1850 January 28, to Secretary of the Treasury W.M. Meredith.

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ALS, 1850 January 28, to Secretary of the Treasury W.M. Meredith.

Johnson refers to his opposition to the government funding of the Smithsonian Institution.

1 p. ; 25 x 20.5 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6821216

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Smithson, James, 1765-1829

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Meredith, W. M. (William Maxse)

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Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

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Andrew Johnson (b. December 29, 1808, Raleigh, North Carolina-d. July 31, 1875, Carter's Station, Tennessee) became the seventeenth president of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1808. He began his political career in Greenville, Tennessee in 1828. At the time of this letter he was the Democratic senator from Tennessee. Emerson Etheridge was born in Carrituck County, North Carolina. As a representative of Tennes...