Letter: to Dr. John W. Davis /by Willis A. Gorman, 1846 May 27.

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Letter: to Dr. John W. Davis /by Willis A. Gorman, 1846 May 27.

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Requests appointment to a position in the army and reports that he is raising a company of volunteers.

1 p.; 32 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8013049

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Gorman, Willis Arnold, 1816-1876

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Willis A. Gorman was born January 12, 1816 in Fleming County, Kentucky, the son of David and Elizabeth Gorman. The family moved to Bloomington, Indiana in 1836 where Willis studied law at Indiana University. He was elected to the Indiana legislature when he was 23 and served five terms. He enlisted as a private in the Third Indiana Volunteers when the war with Mexico broke out and was elected a major in June 1846. After the regiment returned home he organized the Fourth Indiana Regi...

Davis, John Wesley, 1799-1859

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John Wesley Davis (April 16, 1799 – August 22, 1859) was an American physician and Democratic politician, active in the mid-1800s. He is best known for serving as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Governor of the Oregon Territory, and as a four-time member of the Indiana state legislature. Davis was born in New Holland, Pennsylvania, on April 16, 1799, and later moved to Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, with his parents. Davis graduated from Baltimore Medical College in 1821, ...