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Fendall, Philip Richard II, 1794-1868 to James R.Y. Fendall

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03135.11.06 Author/Creator: Fendall, Philip Richard II, 1794-1868 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter Date: 25 July 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Discusses the possibility of James taking an appointment with the Post Office in New Orleans, but mentions that he would have to take an oath of allegiance to the United States, as recently mandated by Congress. Also mentions the provisional Governorship of William L. Sharkey in Mississippi.

Fendall, James Robert Young, fl. 1838-1867
Fendall, Philip Richard II, 1794-1868

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