Thomas Hartley Crawford correspondence, 1848.

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Thomas Hartley Crawford correspondence, 1848.

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Crawford, Thomas Hartley, 1786-1863

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Thomas H. Crawford, a lawyer from Pennsylvania, served as representative to Congress from 1829-1833. He then served as a member of Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1833-1834. In 1836, he was appointed to investigate suspected fraud in the sale of Creek lands in Alabama. From 1838 to 1845 he served as Commissioner of Indian Affairs and subsequently as judge of the criminal court in the District of Columbia, 1845-1861. He died in 1863. From the description of Thomas Har...