urn:taro:utexas.cah.03131 A Guide to the Richard Mentor Johnson Letter, 1815 Original EAD encoding by Bethany Anderson according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. December 2011 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Johnson, Richard M. (Richard Mentor), 1780-1850 Johnson, Richard Mentor, Letter 1815 Materials are written in English. 2011-219 1 item Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin The Richard Mentor Johnson Letter, 1815, details Johnson’s inquiry to Mr. Smith regarding the status of funds in the Treasury and in the Pennsylvania Bank as well as a loan of fifty thousand dollars to Mr. Taylor. Biographical Note

Born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Richard Mentor Johnson (1774-1826) studied law at Transylvania University before being admitted to the bar in 1802. After establishing a law practice in Great Crossings, Kentucky, he served in the House of Representatives from 1804 through 1806 as well as being elected to Congress from 1807 through 1819, during which he was appointed chairman of the Committee on Claims and the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War. From 1819 through 1829, Johnson once again served as a representative in the House and as a Congressman from 1829 through 1837. Originally a Democratic Republican, he later became a Jacksonian and was elected Vice President of the United States under Martin Van Buren in 1837. Johnson died in Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1850.

Source:

Johnson, Richard Mentor. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 19, 2011. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=j000170.

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The Richard Mentor Johnson Letter, 1815, details Johnson’s inquiry to Mr. Smith regarding the status of funds in the Treasury and in the Pennsylvania Bank as well as a loan of fifty thousand dollars to Mr. Taylor.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Johnson, Richard M. (Richard Mentor), 1780-1850 -- Archives. Subjects (Organizations) Bank of Pennsylvania. United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Places United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century -- Sources. Preferred Citation

Richard Mentor Johnson Letter, 1815, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

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 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2D265 Letter, 1815