- GLC#
- GLC03481.07-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- March 13, 1848
- Author/Creator
- Gaines, John Pollard, 1795-1857
- Title
- to John Young Mason
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 20.1 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
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."
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