Papers, 1853-1926.

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Papers, 1853-1926.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19851654

Papers include a letter, 1863, from Johnson as governor of Tennessee concerning a military trial; an appointment, a land grant, and a commission signed by Johnson; request for pardons from former Confederates; a petition from the "freemen" of Savannah, Ga., to the U.S. House of Representatives objecting to the conduct of Johnson as president; and a letter from an official in the U.S. Patent Office concerning tea plants which were being sent to one of Johnson's constituents as part of an experiment in growing tea in the United States.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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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...