Letter : Washington, D.C., to Henry B. Dawson, 1875 Nov. 2.

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Letter : Washington, D.C., to Henry B. Dawson, 1875 Nov. 2.

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Autograph letter signed.

1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.

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Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894

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Joseph Holt, 1807-94, American public official, judge advocate general of the U.S. army (1862-75). A native of Kentucky, he became a well-known lawyer and prominent Democratic politician. In 1857, President Buchanan appointed him commissioner of patents in 1857, and in 1859 he became Postmaster General. In the beginning of 1861, before the outbreak of the Civil War, he was Secretary of War. A staunch opponent of the secession movement, Holt was instrumental in preventing Kentucky from seceding. ...