Papers, 1865.

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Papers, 1865.

Letter to James Harlan, secretary of the interior of the United States, from John A. Strother, a planter in the Mississippi delta, suggesting that unemployed freedmen from Virginia be sent to repair levees on the lower Mississippi.

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Harlan, James, 1820-1899

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Served as a Whig Senator from Iowa and as United States Secretary of the Interior. Also served as president of Iowa Wesleyan University and later as president of Iowa State University. From the description of Letters, 1856-1892. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122517886 United States Secretary of Interior. From the description of Letter signed : Washington, to General Rice, 1865 July 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270510420 From t...