| Title: | [Letter] 1866 January 26, Brooklyn, N.Y., [to] Gov. Smith [Rhode Island]/ Henry Ward Beecher. |
| Personal Author: | Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887. |
| Date: | 1866 January 26. |
| Extent: | [1] leaf. |
| Dimensions: | 25 x 20 cm. |
| General Note: | Holograph, signed. Also, the verso is date-stamped and marked as "Executive Department, State of R.I." and signed Charles E. Bailey. There are notes on the verso about forwarding the recommendation letter and forming a commission. |
| Abstract: | Beecher states that Major King is a young lawyer who served in the war with "great gallantry" and "returns to the duties of peace bringing with him a tried integrity, industry & intelligence." The brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher was a social reformer and a minister who opposed slavery and campaigned for Lincoln prior to the Civil War. |
| Personal Subject: | Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887 -- Correspondence.
King, Horatio C. (Collins), 1837-1918.
Bailey, Charles E. |
| Geographical Subject: | Rhode Island-- Politics and government. |
| Recipient: | Smith, James Y. (Youngs) 1809-1876, (Governor of Rhode Island) |
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