Letter, Thomas Washington to Daniel Webster

Containers:
Box 64, Folder 1842.03.18
Creator:
Washington, Thomas Blackburn, 1812-1854 and Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Scope and content:

A.L.S. 2 pages. Nashville. Washington informs Webster that R.J. Meigs, District Attorney of the United States for the Middle Tennessee district, has tendered his resignation and Washington requests that Webster, Secretary of State under John Tyler at this time, refuse it. Washington explains Meigs' motives and adds that Meigs resigned "... in a momentary fit of spleen; ...". Autograph letter signed, integral cover, docketed, postmark.

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
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Mount Vernon, VA 22121
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