Johnson, Richard Mentor, 1781-1850 (SC 2873)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

11-21-2014

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid and full text (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2873. Letter, 15 January 1811, of Richard Mentor Johnson to General James Wilkinson, Washington, D.C. He discusses a congressional investigation into Wilkinson’s conduct and wishes for his acquittal, speculates about the tobacco trade and the fate of Florida on the eve of the War of 1812, asks for news of St. Louis, where a nephew lives, and complains about his health, particularly his asthma.

Disciplines

Military History | Political History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Johnson, Richard Mentor, 1781-1850 (SC 2873)" (2014). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 3669.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/3669