Letter 2 June 1847.

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Letter 2 June 1847.

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Dr. W.A. Ash wrote this letter to Dr. Samuel B. Merrifield, thanking him for intervening on his behalf with the President of the United States (James K. Polk.) Ash was trying to obtain a surgeon's commission for the Illinois 6th Regiment, newly formed in the shadow of the Mexican War. He wanted a commission with the 6th specifically because they were to be based in Scott County, Illinois. The regiment had signed a petition on Ash's behalf, who then secured Merrifield and former Kentucky Governor, Charles A. Wickliffe as his advocates to the President. By the time this letter was written, however, Ash had still not received his commission. He asked Merrifield to remind the President of his petition.

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Ash, W. A.

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Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

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Wickliffe, C. A. (Charles Anderson), 1788-1869

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Charles Anderson Wickliffe was born near Springfield, Kentucky, June 8, 1788. During the War of 1812, Wickliffe served as a private but was eventually promoted to aide-de-camp to Gen. Samuel Caldwell. He served as soldier and officer at the Battle of the Thames where an army of Kentuckians under congressman Richard M. Johnson defeated British and Indian forces and where the great Indian leader, Tecumseh, was killed. Wickliffe became commonwealth's attorney, state representative, and U.S. represe...

Merrifield, Samuel

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Dr Sam Merrifield was born in Moonee Ponds in 1904. He worked as a surveyor for several Victorian government departments and was Commissioner of Public Works and President of the Board of Land and Works, 1952-1955. He entered the Victorian Parliament in 1943 as MLA for Essendon, moved to the seat of Moonee Ponds in 1945, lost his seat in 1955, and served as MLC for Doutta Galla, 1958-1970. He was involved in many community organisations and was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters by Monash ...