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John McKeon Letters
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 28 Jun 2010
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 28 Jun 2010
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | McKeon, John, 1808-1883. |
| Title: | John McKeon Letters |
| Dates: | 1835-1846 |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Letters from Congressman John McKeon, most to Secretary of the Navy Mahlon Dickerson |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
John McKeon (1808-1883) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He graduated from Columbia College in 1828 and practiced law in New York City. He served two terms in Congress (1835-1837 and 1841-1843) and several years as United States district attorney, first for the southern district of New York (1854-1858) and then for New York County (1881-1883).
The John McKeon Letters consists of eleven letters from McKeon. Six are to Mahlon Dickerson, then Secretary of the Navy, and the others relate to Navy matters. Most are letters of recommendation for young men who wish to be considered for the Marine Corps. Several are annotated with the disposition of the request.
Chronological. Folder includes index cards listing dates and recipients.
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Persons
Dickerson, Mahlon, 1770-1853.
McKeon, John, 1808-1883.
Corporate Bodies
United States. -- Navy. -- History.
Subjects
Patronage, Political -- United States.
Genres and Forms
Correspondence.
Letters of recommendation.
Occupations
Legislators.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
John McKeon Letters,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Unspecified, 1970.
Correspondence
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| SC 518 | Letters of recommendation 1835-1846 - for Navy appointments | ||||||||||