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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00782.13 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Andrew Johnson to Ulysses S. Grant asking that he inform C. C. Augur to act as a member of the Indian Peace Commission |
| Date | 4 October 1867 |
| Author | Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) |
| Recipient | Grant, Ulysses S. |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Government document; Military document |
| Content 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. |
| Subjects | American Indian History Treaty Diplomacy Military History Rebellion Government and Civics President |
| People | Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) Augur, Christopher Columbus (1821-1898) Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Reconstruction; Native Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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