Henry Flanders Letter to Andrew Johnson
Henry Flanders wrote this letter to President Andrew Johnson on March 4, 1867, shortly after he returned from a visit to London. He enclosed several pamphlets (not included), which express foreign opinion of the consistent and courageous administration of the duties of your high office. Flanders also offers his opinion as to the identity of the pamphlets' author.
Dates
- 1867 March 4
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
Henry Flanders wrote this letter to President Andrew Johnson on March 4, 1867, shortly after he returned from a visit to London. He enclosed several pamphlets (not included), which express foreign opinion of the consistent and courageous administration of the duties of your high office. Flanders also offers his opinion as to the identity of the pamphlets' author.
Biographical/Historical Note
Henry Flanders was born to Charles and Lucretia (Kingsbury) Flanders in Plainfield, New Hampshire on February 13, 1824. He married Elizabeth Osborne Barnwell in 1847, and the couple had two children, George Elliott and Lillian Barnwell. Flanders read law with Governor Morehead of Kentucky and went on to practice in Kentucky and South Carolina before settling in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In June of 1904, he was named as an Auxiliary Lecturer in the University of Pennsylvania's Law School. Flanders was also a prolific author and produced such works as Lives of the United States Chief Justices (1855), Memoirs of the Cumberland (1856), and Adventures of a Virginian (1881). Henry Flanders died on April 3, 1911 in Philadelphia.
Arrangement
This collection consists of a single folder.
Acquisition Note
The Andrew Johnson Project donated this letter to Special Collections.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository