Letter: Cairo, Illinois, to Attorney General [Charles Devens], Washington, D.C., 1879 Dec. 15.

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Letter: Cairo, Illinois, to Attorney General [Charles Devens], Washington, D.C., 1879 Dec. 15.

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Recommends W. J. N. Moyers of Benton, Illinois, for position of United States district attorney in one of the territories.

1 item (3 p.); 23 cm.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Devens, Charles, 1820-1891

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Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Devens graduated from Boston Latin School and eventually Harvard College in 1838, and from the Harvard Law School in 1840. He was admitted to the bar in Franklin County, Massachusetts, where he practiced law from 1841 to 1849. In 1848, he was a Whig member of the Massachusetts Senate. From 1849 to 1853, Devens was United States Marshal for Massachusetts, in which capacity he was called upon in 1851 to remand the fugitive slave, Thomas Sims, to slavery. This...

Baker, David Jewett, 1834-1899.

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Justice, Illinois Supreme Court, 1878-1879, 1888-1897; mayor, Cairo, Illinois, 1864-1865; circuit court judge, 1869-1885; son of David Jewett Baker (1792-1869) From the description of Letter: Cairo, Illinois, to Attorney General [Charles Devens], Washington, D.C., 1879 Dec. 15. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26677802 ...

Moyers, W. J. N., b. 1848.

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