- GLC#
- GLC02469.20-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 24 June 1843
- Author/Creator
- Rhett, Robert Barnwell, 1800-1876
- Title
- to Abel P. Upshur
- Place Written
- Beaufort, South Carolina
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket : free frank Height: 25.1 cm, Width: 19.7 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Rhett, a United States Representative from South Carolina, writes to Upshur, Secretary of the Navy. Recommends the Naval appointment of a young man from Beaufort. Writes, "I am but slightly acquainted, but from the character of the Father, I have no doubt he will do credit to the Navy..." Contains several dockets.
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