Silas Reed (1807-1886), born in Ohio, graduated from the Medical College of Ohio, lived in Cincinnati for several years, and in 1838 moved to Rock Island, Illinois. He was surveyor general of Illinois and Missouri, 1841-45, and surveyor general of Wyoming
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)
Published / Created:
1863 October
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1811 Un3751
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Holograph document signed on Executive Mansion letterhead in which Lincoln appoints Timothy J. Carter as a director to represent the interests of the United States on the board of the Union and Pacific Railroad Company. Lincoln cites the "Act to aid in th
Description:
Manuscript, signed.
Subject (Name):
Carter, Timothy J. fl. 1863. and Union Pacific Railroad Company
Collection contains correspondence with President Abraham Lincoln relating to William Pickerings appointment as governor of Washington Territory and political conditions there.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Pickering, William T., 1798-1873.
Published / Created:
1861
Call Number:
WA MSS S-184
Collection Title:
William T. Pickering papers, 1861-1867
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Collection contains correspondence with President Abraham Lincoln relating to William Pickerings appointment as governor of Washington Territory and political conditions there.