United States president
Subject
Subject Source: Source Not Specified
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence from Hatty to Agnes Bacon
Collection
Identifier: SC 01798
Scope and Contents
One letter from Hatty, a minister's wife and resident of West Newton, MA, to her mother during the mid-nineteenth century. The letter includes details about the health of Hatty and her husband and their trip to Washington to meet President John Tyler. The letter includes four standard pages of neat prose.
Dates:
1841 May 19
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
John Tyler note
Collection
Identifier: SC 01799
Scope and Contents
The note, written in 1843 by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney and signed by President John Tyler, records the president's involvement in the discharge of Joseph Taney from Old Capitol Prison during the Civil War. The note was likely forwarded to War Secretary James Madison Porter. Includes a single sheet of paper measuring to 3" x 5" and ink prose.
Dates:
1843
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center