Letter of Former President Millard Fillmore Listing His Surviving Cabinet Members
18 men served in the cabinet of President Millard Fillmore during his term 1850-1853. By late 1873, all but 4 of them had died. Here Fillmore himself lists them.
Autograph Letter Signed, Buffalo, December 31, 1873, to Charles S.H. Ellis, a clerk in the New York State Banking Department, concerning the surviving members of his cabinet and listing the four men and their places of residence. “In answer to your enquiry I would state that the names and residence of the...
Autograph Letter Signed, Buffalo, December 31, 1873, to Charles S.H. Ellis, a clerk in the New York State Banking Department, concerning the surviving members of his cabinet and listing the four men and their places of residence. “In answer to your enquiry I would state that the names and residence of the surviving members of my cabinet are as follows: Charles M. Conrad, New Orleans, LA. – Secretary of War; William A. Graham, Raleigh, N.C. – Secretary of Navy; Alexander H.H. Stuart, Stanton, Va. – Secretary of the Interior; Nathan K. Hall, Buffalo, N.Y. – Postmaster General.”
Likely writing this letter put Fillmore in a reflective mood. Fillmore himself had less than three months left to live.
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