Harvey Magee Watterson letter, 1865.

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Harvey Magee Watterson letter, 1865.

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This collection consists of an 1865 letter from Harvey Magee Watterson to President Andrew Johnson, sent from Milledgeville, Georgia. In the letter, Watterson sends a copy of Dispatch No. 10, mentions fine pictures of Georgia and the South, and praises Generals Steadman and Tillson, as well as Governor James Johnson. He quotes a communication from Herschel V. Johnson regarding conditions in Georgia and recommends the removal of Federal troops and the re-establishment of civil authority. Two pages of the letter are missing and the edges appear singed.

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Georgia Historical Society

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Georgia Historical Society

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Watterson, Harvey Magee, 1811-1891

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Harvey Magee Watterson (1811-1891), representative from Tennessee, was born at "Beechgrove" in Bedford County, Tennessee. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in Shelbyville, Tennessee. He also edited a newspaper there. He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives and Speaker of the Tennessee Senate. President Zachary Taylor sent Watterson on a diplomatic mission to Buenos Aires in 1847. In 1860, Watterson was a presidential elector. He moved to Washington, D.C...

Johnson, James, 1811-1891.

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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...