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Letter to Abraham Lincoln from James A. Cravens,

Other Title:
Letters to Lincoln, 1864 Jan. 4.
Authors:
Cravens, James A.
Other Authors:
Cravens, James A. (James Addison), 1818-1893, signer.
Item ID:
71200908300298
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : J.A. Cravens, 1864.
Call Number:
PN6130 1864 JAN 4
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([4] pages) ; 21 cm
Topic:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Correspondence.
Cravens, James A. (James Addison), 1818-1893 -- Correspondence.
Note:
Title supplied by cataloger.; CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS TO REACH THIS DOCUMENT.; Handwritten request for pardon of L.M. Bently of Clarksville, Tenn. Cravens writes that Bently has taken all the oaths requested. Letter signed (LS).; James Addison Cravens (1818-1893) was a nineteenth-century politician from Indiana. He served in the Mexican-American War as Major (United States) of the 2nd Indiana Volunteer Regiment from 1846 to 1847 and was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives in 1848 and 1849. Cravens served in the Indiana Senate from 1850 to 1853, was commissioned a brigadier general in the Indiana Militia in 1854 and was elected a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1860, serving from 1861 to 1865, not being a candidate for renomination in 1864. During the lame-duck session of the 38th Congress, he voted against the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery. He was a delegate to the National Union Convention in 1866 and to the Democratic National Convention in 1868.
OCLC Number:
ocn886549423
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Available for Viewing:
By appointment only
Category:
Manuscripts & Documents