Letter, 7 August 1861.

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Letter, 7 August 1861.

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The collection consists of a letter written by Emerson Etheridge and signed by Andrew Johnson. The letter was addressed to the following prominent men of Indiana: H.S. Lane, W.M. Durms, A.G. Porter, J.A. Crarens, John Law, J.P.C. Shanks, Geo. W. Julian, Wm. Mitchell, Albert S. White, Schuyler Colfax, R.W. Thompson, J.P. Usher, Jno. D. Defrees, and Geo. W. Ewing. The men had written a letter to Johnson and Etheridge inviting them to visit Indiana. Etheridge responds that they cannot visit at that time and talks at length of the "unhappy period in our country's history" and the need to maintain and obey the Constitution.

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Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

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Andrew Johnson (b. December 29, 1808, Raleigh, North Carolina-d. July 31, 1875, Carter's Station, Tennessee) became the seventeenth president of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1808. He began his political career in Greenville, Tennessee in 1828. At the time of this letter he was the Democratic senator from Tennessee. Emerson Etheridge was born in Carrituck County, North Carolina. As a representative of Tennes...

Etheridge, Emerson, 1819-1902

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