Handwritten letter to Slater's mother in Liberty, San Joaquin County about his political appointment : letters, 1863 May 22.

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Handwritten letter to Slater's mother in Liberty, San Joaquin County about his political appointment : letters, 1863 May 22.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/754863631

The letter discusses concern for choice of delegates to the county convention and that they be firendly to Governor Stanford and Mr. Weeks who will be candidates for the positions that they currently hold.

1 letter (includes envelope and typed transcription)

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8130399

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Slater, N. K.

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Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893

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Lawyer born in Albany, New York but moved to California where he became active in the Republican Party, running for governor and losing in 1860. Later president of the Union Pacific Railroad and founder of Stanford University. From the description of Letter, March 14, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55662301 Leland Stanford was born March 9, 1824 in Waltervliet Township, New York. He was admitted to the practice of law in 1848 and married Ja...