Letter : to John W. Mitchell, 1838 March 23.

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Letter : to John W. Mitchell, 1838 March 23.

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Letter from Poinsett, U.S. Secretary of War, in Washington (D.C.) to attorney John W. Mitchell in New York (N.Y.) concerns a pension payment to the widow of Captain Allen Reynolds and the laws pertaining to her case.

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Mitchell, John Wroughton, 1796-1878

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Attorney. From the description of Papers, 1798-1865 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41546373 Charleston, S.C. attorney. In the 1830s he moved to New York, N.Y. From the description of John W. Mitchell letters, 1840-1842. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36866118 Charleston, S.C. attorney and prominent Episcopal layman. In the 1830s he moved to New York, N.Y. From the description of Letter : ...

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...