ALS, [1847] February 16 : [s.l.], to The President [James K. Polk].

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ALS, [1847] February 16 : [s.l.], to The President [James K. Polk].

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JBF asks Polk for a 2nd Lieutenancy for Charles Taplin who had served on Fremont's second expedition and now "is very anxious to go to Mexico."

2 p. ; 22 x 18 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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