Papers, 1844-1849.

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Papers, 1844-1849.

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Correspondence of John Young Mason, who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and held several political offices, containing a letter, 1849, from Simon Cameron recommending a contractor from Pennsylvania who was bidding on a project in Virginia; a letter to Mason from Willie P. Mangum and other prominent North Carolinians recommending James Abbott for a lieutenancy in the United States Navy; and letters written for Mason while he was secretary of the navy of the United States concerning the investigation of a ship alleged to be in the slave trade, 1844, and the transportation of Wilson Shannon to Mexico to assume his duties as ambassador, 1844.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Mason, John Y. (John Young), 1799-1859

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John Young Mason, from Greensville County, Va., was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia, 1831-1837; served as secretary of the Navy, 1844-1845 and 1846-1849; was attorney general of the United States, March 1845-September 1846; and served as United States minister plenipotentiary to France, 1854-1859. From the guide to the John Y. Mason Papers, 1843-1898, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection...