Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback letter, 1883 Oct. 5.

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Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback letter, 1883 Oct. 5.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301745352

Social letter written from the office of the surveyor of customs in New Orleans declines an invitation.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7284075

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Pinchback, Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837-1921

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Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (born Pinckney Benton Stewart, May 10, 1837 – December 21, 1921) was an American publisher and politician, a Union Army officer, and the first African American to become governor of a U.S. state. A Republican, Pinchback served as the 24th Governor of Louisiana from December 9, 1872, to January 13, 1873. He was one of the most prominent African-American officeholders during the Reconstruction Era. Pinchback was born free in Macon, Georgia to Eliza Stewart, a f...