Letter, July 14, 1865.

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Letter, July 14, 1865.

Letter of July 14, 1865 to Mr. Kaufman of the Treasury Department relaying President Andrew Johnson's request that Kaufman meet with William G. Wyly. (Wyly, a long-time acquaintance of Johnson's from East Tennessee, was looking for a political appointment).

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SNAC Resource ID: 6826577

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Wyly, William G., ca. 1832-fl. 1870.

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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...

Mussey, R. D. (Reuben Delevan), 1833-1892

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Reuben D. Mussey, a journalist, served in the regular army and as a recruiter of black troops during the Civil War. He was one of President Andrew Johnson's secretaries April-November 1865, and later became a Washington, D. C. lawyer. From the description of Letter, July 14, 1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 144570675 ...