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Preferred Citation:

Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart Letter to Rev. Richard Kainer, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Scope and Contents

November 18, 1886 letter from Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart to Rev. Richard Kainer.  Written from Staunton, VA, Stuart explains that he took charge of the US Department of the Interim about September 12, 1850 and continued until the close of (President) Mr. Fillmore's term on March 4, 1853. Signed by Stuart.

In a mat frame with a brass label, "Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, Student 1824-1825, Secretary of the Interior 18500-1853, Member of Congress."

Related Material

see Stuart's Account books Mss. MsV Al8-9

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence