Letter: to Nathaniel Pascall /by General Richardson, copied by John W. Forman, 1857 Feb 14.

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Letter: to Nathaniel Pascall /by General Richardson, copied by John W. Forman, 1857 Feb 14.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702128284

The letter gives an eyewitness account of the insult offered Gov. John W. Geary by William T. Sherrard as the Governor was leaving the House of Representatives February 9, 1857. When Gen. Richardson died, the letter came into the hands of his colleague, John W. Foreman, who made a copy for Nathaniel Pascall of St. Louis and asked him to publish it.

3 p.; 33 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8012523

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Pascall, Nathaniel, 1802-11866.

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Geary, John White, 1819-1873

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John W. Geary was a lawyer, politician and Union general in the Civil War (1861-1865). He was born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania on 30 December 1819. After serving as a colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War (1846-1848), Geary went to California for the 1849 gold rush. While in California, Geary became the first governor of San Francisco from 1850 to 1851 and was later governor of the Kansas Territory from 1856-1857. Following his term as governor, Geary returned to Pennsylvania and w...

Richardson, William A., 1795-1856

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William P. Richardson, major general of the Kansas Territorial Militia, member of the Council of the Territorial Legislature. From the description of Letter: to Nathaniel Pascall /by General Richardson, copied by John W. Forman, 1857 Feb 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702128284 ...

Sherrard, William Robert

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Forman, John

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Resident of Princeton, N.J. From the description of Bond, 1799 Mar. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70966206 ...