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United States -- Foreign relations -- Liberia

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Abraham Lincoln certificate of appointment for John H. Henry

 Collection — Oversize-folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233290136]
Identifier: Vault MSS 451
Scope and Contents

Printed form with handwritten entries. The item is dated 11 March 1863 and was signed by Lincoln and William Henry Seward, secretary of state of the United States. Lincoln appoints John J. Henry of Delaware to be the commissioner and consul general of the United States in Liberia.

Dates: 1863 March 11
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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