Autograph letter signed : St. Louis, Mo., to Charles Devens, 1880 June 19.

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Autograph letter signed : St. Louis, Mo., to Charles Devens, 1880 June 19.

Urging that Mr. Bliss be retained as United States District Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri.

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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...

Broadhead, James O. (James Overton), 1819-1898

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United States Congressman and diplomat. From the description of Autograph letter signed : St. Louis, Mo., to Charles Devens, 1880 June 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133684 U.S. Congressman and diplomat. From the description of Letter signed : Hannibal, [Mo.], to J.S. Black, 1858 June 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270134735 ...

Bliss, William Henry, 1844-1932.

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