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JOHNSON, Andrew, President. Letter signed ("Andrew Johnson") as President to Secretary of War [Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869)], Washington, D.C., 16 April 1866. 1 pages, large 8vo, Executive Office stationery, written on pages 1 and 3 of a four-page sheet. -- JOHNSON, Andrew. Impeachment tickets. Two printed tickets to the U.S. Senate's impeachment hearings, dated 27 April and 11 May 1868. Each 1 page, 12mo, one printed on bright blue card, the other on bright green, 11 May ticket with stub still attached (unused), printed with decorative typographic heading "U.S. Senate/Impeachment of the President..."
Johnson furnishes a letter of introduction for a member of the provisional Texas government: "This will introduce you to Mr. Robt. H. Taylor, Comptroller of the Provisional Govt. of Texas, who desires an interview with you relative to public affairs in that State. I trust you will see him & hear his statements. Very respectfully..." Texas, like the other former Confederate states, was at this time under the provisional government as provided by reconstruction plans approved after Lincoln's death. It was Johnson's staunch support of the more moderate reconstruction measures that led directly to the unsuccessful efforts by the Radical Republican wing of the party to seek his impeachment. (3)
Johnson furnishes a letter of introduction for a member of the provisional Texas government: "This will introduce you to Mr. Robt. H. Taylor, Comptroller of the Provisional Govt. of Texas, who desires an interview with you relative to public affairs in that State. I trust you will see him & hear his statements. Very respectfully..." Texas, like the other former Confederate states, was at this time under the provisional government as provided by reconstruction plans approved after Lincoln's death. It was Johnson's staunch support of the more moderate reconstruction measures that led directly to the unsuccessful efforts by the Radical Republican wing of the party to seek his impeachment. (3)