F.A. Pike autograph letter signed, 1869 Mar. 3.

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F.A. Pike autograph letter signed, 1869 Mar. 3.

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Recommendation letter written by Pike to Andrew Johnson, President of the U.S., relating to the possibility of a job for a Dr. Alexander Fulton with the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury.

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Maine Historical Society Library

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Fulton, Alexander, approximately 1815-1888

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United States. President (1865-1869 : Johnson)

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After the end of the Civil war and the assassination of President Lincoln, President Andrew Johnson offered most Confederate soldiers the chance for pardon in exchange for their allegiance to the United States. This pardon allowed all those who swore loyalty oaths to vote and hold office. Many Confederate veterans sought a pardon in part to protect their lands from confiscation by the government. William Jones was a planter in Columbia County, Georgia. From the description of William...

United States. Department of the Treasury

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The Department of the Treasury was created by an act of Congress (1 Stat. 65), approved September 2, 1789. The orginal act established the Department to superintend the manage the National finances. This act charged the Secretary of the Treasury with the preparation of plans for the improvement and management of the revenue and the support of public credit. It further provided that the Secretary should prescribe the forms for keeping and rendering all manner of public accounts and for the ma...

Pike, F. A. (Frederick Augustus), 1817-1886

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Lawyer, mayor, state legislator, and U.S. representative, of Calais, Me. From the description of F.A. Pike autograph letter signed, 1869 Mar. 3. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 173643600 ...

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...