Letter : to Henry Northup, 1839 Oct. 26.

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Letter : to Henry Northup, 1839 Oct. 26.

Letter from U.S. Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett to Henry Northrup in Washington [D.C.] concerns pension claims made by the heirs of Mrs. Mary Frazier.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7394217

South Carolina Historical Society

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Northup, Henry Bliss, 1805-1877

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Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851

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Charleston and Georgetown, S.C. attorney, plantation owner, and politician. Poinsett served as the U.S. Secretary of War under President Martin Van Buren from 1837 to 1841. From the description of Letters, 1837-1839. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522812 U.S. diplomat and secretary of war. An amateur of natural history, he imported and cultivated the Mexican flower named in his honor, and was one of the founders in 1840 of the National Institu...

Frazier, Mary.

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