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Smith, Caleb B. (Caleb Blood), 1808-1864 to Thomas Ewing

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02320.02 Author/Creator: Smith, Caleb B. (Caleb Blood), 1808-1864 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 22, 1850 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Recommending William D. Shepherd for a clerkship, and enclosing a petition signed by many Indiana Whigs supporting this promotion.

Ewing, Thomas, 1789-1871
Smith, Caleb B. (Caleb Blood), 1808-1864
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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