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Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 to John Young Mason

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.180 Author/Creator: Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Letter signed Date: January 21, 1848 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 26 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Co-signed by James H. Thomas, Frederick Stanton, and Hopkins L. Turney. Endorses Baird Scott Hopkins for a midshipman position.

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Mason, John Y. (John Young), 1799-1859
Thomas, James H. (James Houston), 1808-1861
Stanton, Frederick P. (Frederick Perry), 1814-1894
Turney, H. L. (Hopkins Lacey), 1797-1857
Hopkins, Baird Scott, fl. 1848
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
President
Office Seeker
Congress
Navy
Government and Civics
Vice President
Age of Jackson

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