Letter of recommendation [manuscript] : Charlottesville, Va., to James M. Mason and Robert M.T. Hunter, 1860 June 8.

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Letter of recommendation [manuscript] : Charlottesville, Va., to James M. Mason and Robert M.T. Hunter, 1860 June 8.

Writing "solely from just appreciation of exalted merit and worth of character," Timberlake here recommends William Joseph Robertson for the U.S. Supreme Court.

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University of Virginia. Library

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