Handwritten letter dated Dec. 8, 1887 from J. W. Rainey, first black Congressman, to the President, recommending a Henry Noah for the position of Collector of Customs in Charleston. Evidently Rainey was ex-Congressman at the time he wrote., Dec. 8, 1887

Item — Box: 1

Identifier: 13

Dates

From the Collection: Gibbs, James Lowell (Collector, Person)
From the Collection: Langston, John Mercer, 1829-1897. (Person)
From the Collection: Bemis, Edward Webster, 1860-1930. (Person)
From the Collection: Anderson, Charles N. (Person)
From the Collection: Still, William, 1821-1902. (Person)
From the Collection: Bruce, Wallace, 1844-1914. (Person)
From the Collection: Rainey, J. W. (Person)
From the Collection: Johnson, Fenton, 1888-1958. (Person)
From the Collection: Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. (Person)
From the Collection: Miller, Kelly, 1863-1939. (Person)
From the Collection: Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915. (Person)
From the Collection: Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, 1875-1912. (Person)

Collection material in English

22 items. (22 items.)

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