Wager Swayne letter, 1872 Apr. 19.

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Wager Swayne letter, 1872 Apr. 19.

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Letter from Wager Swayne to the president of the United States, evidently Rutherford B. Hayes. In the letter Swayne recommends T.W. Conway, an army chaplain who was involved in the education of African Americans in Reconstruction-era Louisiana, for a diplomatic post as consul to Ireland. Swayne explains that Conway was recently forced to leave Louisiana due to growing local hostility to his educational work in the state. The letter includes two much briefer notes of recommendation by J.R. Osborn and by Alex Reed, who describes Conway's energetic service in support of the Republican cause in Ohio.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Republican Party (Ohio)

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Conway, Thomas W., active 1864

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Osborn, John Renick, 1813-1897

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Lawyer of Circleville, Norwalk, and Toledo, Ohio. From the description of Papers, 1831-1876. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 13587965 ...

Swayne, Wager, 1834-1902

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Born in Columbus, Oh., Wager Swayne was the son of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Noah Haynes Swayne. After graduating from Yale University he returned to Ohio to practice law. During the U.S. Civil War Swayne served as a field officer in one of Ohio's three-year infantry regiments. Appointed major of the 43rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Swayne fought in the battles of Iuka and Corinth, and later participated in the Atlanta Campaign, after which he was made brigadier general. He suffered a severe wound...

Reed, Alexander P.

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