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Thaddeus Stevens note, 1845 April 11.
Wyles SC 226LOCAL
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Title:
Thaddeus Stevens note, 1845 April 11Creator/Contributor:
Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
One holograph note written and signed by Thaddeus Stevens in Lancaster, Pennsylvia for the amount of $344.16. Stamped on back
of note: Lancaster, Pa., Apr. 12.
Date:
1845 (issued)Subject:
n-us-paPennsylvania -- History -- 1775-1865
Pennsylvanie -- Histoire -- 1775-1865
Pennsylvania
Stevens, Thaddeus -- 1792-1868 -- Correspondence
Stevens, Thaddeus -- 1792-1868
Note:
Included are pages from Harper's Weekly, Journal of Civilization (Vol. XII, No. 609, New York, Saturday, August 29, 1868)
with a biographical sketch of his life and death.
Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.
Thaddeus Stevens was a Republican leader and a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1849 to 1853
and 1859 to 1868. He wrote much of the financial legislation that paid for the American Civil War as chairman of the House
Ways and Means Committee, and he also led the Radical Republicans during the war and Reconstruction era.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Thaddeus Stevens note. Wyles SC 226. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Type:
promissory notes.History.
Personal correspondence.
Physical Description:
1 item (1 leaf) ; 25 x 21 cm.
Language:
English
Identifier:
Wyles SC 226LOCAL
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.