Letter: to P. H. Watson /by Edwin McMasters Stanton, 1858 Jun 19.

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Letter: to P. H. Watson /by Edwin McMasters Stanton, 1858 Jun 19.

Written while in California as special counsel for the federal government, the letter tells of the Fraser River gold rush and gives Edwin Stanton's views of its importance to the country.

3 p.; 20 cm.

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Watson, Peter Hill, 1817-1885.

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Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869

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American jurist and politician. From the description of Letter signed : "War Department," to William Pitt Fessenden, 1862 May 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580939 U.S. secretary of war 1862-1868. From the description of Telegram (draft) : ms. : Washington, D.C., to Ulysses S. Grant, Appomattox C.H., Va., 1865 Apr. 9. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122380613 Secretary of War; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. ...