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Gaines, John Pollard, 1795-1857 to John Young Mason

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03481.07 Author/Creator: Gaines, John Pollard, 1795-1857 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 March 1848 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

Gaines states "Permit me to present to you the name of Wm O Smith of Kentucky a very promising boy and highly recommended by Govr Letcher, as well qualified to fill the office of Midshipman in the Navy."

Gaines, John Pollard, 1795-1857
Mason, John Y. (John Young), 1799-1859
Letcher, Robert Perkins, 1788-1861
Smith, William O., fl. 1848
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Navy
Government and Civics
Letter of Introduction or Recommendation
Age of Jackson

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