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Caleb Cushing (1800-1879) was an American Democratic politician and diplomat who served as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts and the 23rd United States Attorney General under President Franklin Pierce. In 1860 he presided over the Democratic National Convention, which met first at Charleston and later at Baltimore, until he joined those who seceded from the regular convention. He then presided also over the convention of the seceding delegates, who nominated John C. Breckinridge for the Presidency. Autograph Letter Signed "C. Cushing" datelined Washington, March 17, 1853, as Attorney General to fellow cabinet member, Jefferson Davis, 1pp. In part, "I beg leave to introduce you to Hon. Wm. A Harris of Virginia whom I learned to esteem while we were in the House of Representatives together ..., Wm. A Harris served three years in the Confederate Army, becoming adjutant general, and later ordnance officer in the Army of Northern Virginia.
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