Samuel Douglas McEnery letter, 1883 [manuscript].

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Samuel Douglas McEnery letter, 1883 [manuscript].

The collection is a letter, 1883, from Jefferson Davis to Samuel Douglas McEnery, asking for clemency for Horace Blackman, who was convicted at Lake Providence, La., as accessory to assault with intent to kill.

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McEnery, Samuel Douglas, 1837-1910

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Samuel Douglas McEnery was governor of Louisiana. From the description of Samuel Douglas McEnery letter, 1883 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23229026 Samuel Douglas McEnery served as Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (1880-1881); Governor of Louisiana (1881-1888); Associate Justice of the State Supreme Court (1888-1897); US Senator (1897-1910). From the description of McEnery, S. D., letters, 1880-1899. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 81986...

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...

Blackman, Horace, fl. 1883.

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