Letter from Governor Hawkins to Secretary of War Lincoln requesting aid for Tennessee victims of the Mississippi River Flood

Creator

Robert Todd Lincoln

Date

1882

ID Number

53451

Source

GP 26: Governor Alvin Hawkins Papers, 1881-1883

Description

Gov. Hawkins sent this request to Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln, son of President Abraham Lincoln. After the 1882 flood devastated West Tennessee and most of the Lower Mississippi Valley, Gov. Hawkins and other southern governors requested Congressional funds for those affected.

Owning Institution

Tennessee State Library & Archives

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