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Stanton, Edwin M. (1814-1869) [Appointment of Albert Harrington as a cadet in the United States Military]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05603.01.19 Author/Creator: Stanton, Edwin M. (1814-1869) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Document signed Date: 1 July 1867 Pagination: 1 p. ; 28 x 21.5 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Stanton as Secretary of War and Edmund Schriver as Inspector of the Military Academy.

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Schriver, Edmund, fl. 1867

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