Letter, 1848 May 8, Boston [to] Wilkes.

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Letter, 1848 May 8, Boston [to] Wilkes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8697809

Manufacturer and philanthropist. Letter relating search for a Professor of Engineering for Harvard and expressing hope that "an officer from West Point now in Mexico" can be secured.

1 p. ; 20 x 25 cm.

United States Military Academy, USMA Library

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United States Military Academy, USMA Library

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Lawrence, Abbott, 1792-1855

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Biographical note: Boston merchant; Abbott Lawrence was in partnership with his brother Amos, founded and developed the textile-manufacturing city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, represented his district in Congress (1834-1836, 1838-1840), and was U.S. minister to Great Britain (1849-1852). Richard Henry Wilde (1878-1847) was an American lawyer, scholar and poet. He was Attorney General of Georgia (1811) and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1815-1817, 1825, 1827-1835). From...