Autograph letter signed : St. Louis, Mo., to Charles Devens, 1880 Jan. 30.

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Autograph letter signed : St. Louis, Mo., to Charles Devens, 1880 Jan. 30.

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Recommending several candidates for Marshal of the district.

1 item (3 p.) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Henderson, John B. (John Brooks), 1826-1913

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United States senator and U.S. Army general. From the description of John B. and Mary Foote Henderson collection, [ca. 1876]-1923. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70966780 American political leader. From the description of Autograph letter signed : St. Louis, Mo., to Charles Devens, 1880 Jan. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270472649 From the description of Autograph letter signed : St. Louis, Mo., to President Hayes, 1877 ...

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...