Johnson, Hershel V., 1812-1880 to Nathan Land

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GLC#
GLC02469.09-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
April 22, 1856
Author/Creator
Johnson, Hershel V., 1812-1880
Title
to Nathan Land
Place Written
Georgia
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 26.6 cm, Width: 21.4 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Possibly written in Milledgeville, which served as the Georgia State Capitol 1807-1864. Johnson, Governor of Georgia, writes to Land (possibly Nathan Land, a farmer and lawyer, who had moved his family from Twiggs to Cass County in 1848). Replies to a letter from Land, in which Land requested Johnson's assistance (possibly regarding an appointment he sought at a local civic post). Writes, "I am desirous for you to have a situation. The changes you allude to have occurred. But I did not suppose any of the places except the Kingston station would suit you..."

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