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Garfield, James A. (James Abram) (1831-1881) to the President [Ulysses S. Grant]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02051 Author/Creator: Garfield, James A. (James Abram) (1831-1881) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Document signed Date: 28 February 1873 Pagination: 1 p. ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Asks President Ulysses S. Grant to reappoint Gen. John Allen Campbell Governor of the Wyoming Territory: "The undersigned members of the Ohio delegation in the 42nd Congress, and members elect to the 43rd Congress respectfully recommend the reappointment of Gen. J. A. Campbell, as Governor of Wyoming Territory." Signed by Jacob A. Ambler, James A. Garfield, Erasmus Darwin Peck, Charles Foster, William Hanford Upson, James Monroe [?], John Beatty [?], Laurin Dewey Woodworth [?], Isaac R. Sherwood, John Armstrong Smith, John Thomas Wilson, Job Evans Stevenson, James Wallace Robinson, Lewis B. Gunkel, and Richard Chappel Parsons. Written on printed stationery of the Committee of Ways and Means, House of Representatives.

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Campbell, John A. (John Allen), 1835-1880

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