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Henry Wilson Letter Signed: U.S. Grant's V.P.

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Henry Wilson Letter Signed: U.S. Grant's V.P.
<B>U.S. Grant's Future Vice-President Henry Wilson Letter Signed,</B></I> "<I>H Wilson</B></I>", one page, 7.75" x 9.75", Washington, D.C., December 17, 1865, to President Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C. The letter reads, "<I>The Hon. W. F. Conway, formerly a representative in Congress from Kansas and now a resident of Richmond Va, desires the appointment of U.S. Dist. Judge for the District of Virginia, when a vacancy should occur, and it gives me much pleasure to express in his behalf the sincere wish that he may be appointed. Mr. Conway I know well, he is a gentleman of character, experience, and legal attainments of no ordinary character, and is well qualified to discharge the duties of the position he seeks.</B></I>" Very fine condition.<BR>Wilson, who would become the 18th Vice President in 1873, was here writing as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. He was no doubt drooling at the prospect of having political buddies manage the former Confederate capital. <I>From the collection of Henry E. Luhrs.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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