Joel R. Poinsett letter, 1841 February 24.

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Joel R. Poinsett letter, 1841 February 24.

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The collection consists of one letter written by J.R. Poinsett of the War Department and addressed to D.P. Leadbetter. In the letter Poinsett provides Leadbetter with biographical information about Archimedes Gaines.

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Leadbetter, Daniel Parkhurst, 1797-1870

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Gaines, Archimedes.

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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...