Letter and Clipping, 1828.

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Letter and Clipping, 1828.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19771781

The collection consists of a letter, 11-25-1828, from Sands in Greencastle, Ind. to his uncle, Maj. James H. Hook, in Washington D.C., and a clipping, 10-26-1826. Both deal with Sands' lack of support for Thomas H. Blake's bid for the U.S. House in 1827.

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6969572

Indiana Historical Society Library

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Blake, Thomas H. (Thomas Holdsworth), 1792-1849

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Thomas Holdsworth Blake was an attorney, U.S. congressman from Indiana, and Commissioner of the General Land Office. Blake was born in Maryland and studied law in Washington, D.C. where he was a member of the District of Columbia militia. During the War of 1812, his unit fought at the Battle of Bladensburg in 1814. After the war, he moved to Kentucky and subsequently to Terre Haut, Indiana where he practiced law and was a circuit judge. Blake was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1...

Sands, Lewis H., 1805-1861.

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Lewis H. Sands, born in Baltimore, moved to Kentucky in 1825 and to Greencastle, Ind. in 1826. He was a merchant, postmaster, and Indian agent, and in 1835 he supervised the removal of the Potawatomie Indians to the West. He served a term in the Indiana House in 1832-1833. He was appointed a colonel during the Civil War, fell ill at Camp Morton in 1861, and soon died. From the description of Letter and Clipping, 1828. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 19771781...