Gilder Lehrman Document Number: GLC00782.13Title: to Ulysses S. Grant
Author: Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875)
Year: 1867/10/04
Place: Washington, D.C.
Type of document: Letter signed
Description: Asks Grant to "inform Major General C. C. Augur, by telegraph, that he is authorized and empowered to act as a member of the Indian Peace Commission during the absence of Lieut. General Sherman, and direct him to meet the Commission at Fort Harker on the eighth instant." Written on lined Executive Mansion stationery. Noted Grant as ad interim Secretary of War.
Full Text: Executive Mansion Washington D.C. Oct. 4th 1867 Sir: Please inform Major General C.C. Augur, by telegraph, that he is authorized and empowered to act as a member of the Indian Peace Commission during the absence of Lieut. General Sherman, and direct him to meet the Commission at Fort Harker on the eighth instant. Very respectfully yours, Andrew Johnson General U. S. Grant, Secretary of War ad interim
My Project Title: Andrew Johnson: Reconstruction after the Civil War.
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