"Whereas at the July term, A.D. 1862, fo the Criminal Court of the District of Columbia, one Andrew Jones was convicted of resistingan officer of the law and sentenced to imprisonment in the district jail for the period of four months ...
Description:
Autograph proclamation, signed. Embossed Federal seal.
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
Appel, Nathan B. Brady, Peter R. Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890. Hastings, L. W. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Published / Created:
[circa 1863]
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2229 P4451
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
Manuscript petition, in an unidentified hand, to the President of the United States, requesting that he appoint residents of the territory to provisional government offices. The petitioners also ask that L. W. Hastings, a respected Arizona lawyer, be appo