[Letter] 1868 May 21, Washington [to] Edw. H. Thomas, Portland, Maine.

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[Letter] 1868 May 21, Washington [to] Edw. H. Thomas, Portland, Maine.

Fessenden, in a letter to Thomas, an attorney in Portland, Maine, discusses his vote to acquit Andrew Johnson at his impeachment trial.

[2] p. ; 20 cm.

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Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

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Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869

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