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ALS. On the letterhead of the Treasury Department. Letter dismissing Brownlow as a Treasury agent.

Scope and Contents Note ALS. Says that he has received a letter requesting his resignation but wonders why he is so being asked. Says that he always thought his conduct was satisfactory and had so been informed by former congressman J. M. Thornburgh. States that no one can accuse him of corruption or neglect. Says that he has conducted his official duty without fear or favor... Claims to know of no reason why he should be discharged. States that he has not resigned and has come to Washington to...

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ALS. On letterhead of the Treasury Department, Office of Internal Revenue. Notification that effective as of May 12th Brownlow was fired as an Internal Revenue Agent.

Scope and Contents Note ALS. Says that the death of his father and the replacement of Thornburgh by Houk as local congressman, he has been fired without adequate explanation from his job with the Internal Revenue Service. Asserts that Raum gives different people different explanations for firing him. Says that he suspects that the real reason was to find a place for one more of that numerous band of carpetbaggers, in whose interest the Unionists of the South, have so long been compelled to stand...