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Frank and Virginia Williams

Description

This handwritten letter, dated September 14, 1872, is written from Joseph Eggleston (J.E.) Johnston, an American career army officer who entered the Confederate States Army as one of its most senior general officers to O. A. Nesmith. The letter describes the autograph of General Jackson that Johnston enclosed with the note. This letter was found tipped into volume four, between pages 360-361 of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.

Publication Date

9-14-1872

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Publisher

New York : The Century Co

Time Period

1870-1879

Subjects

Johnston, Joseph Eggleston, 1807 – 1891

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 1 leaf

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

FVW_NH_V4_1872-09-14_Letter_001

Source

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 4

Repository

The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana Repository

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Letter, Joseph Eggleston Johnston to O. A. Nesmith, September 14, 1872,

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