| | 1 | Author: | unknown | Add | | | Title: | History of Virginia  | | | | Published: | 2006 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | William Hodges Mann, soldier, farmer, lawyer
and banker, has held many places of public trust, and
the State of Virginia will always appreciate the services
he rendered as a member of the State Senate
and from 1910 to 1914 as governor of the commonwealth. "I have rec'd your letter of the 15th and regret
the necessity that withdraws you from the field.
You may recollect the opinion I expressed to you
when you first proposed entering the service, viz.,
that I was not sure but that you were doing more
service in your then position than you could do
in the field, and that unless you could make arrangements
for the favourable prosecution of your operations
(at the Tredegar Iron Works), I could not
recommend the exchange. With the same impression
and belief, as you say you cannot make such
arrangements, I have forw'd your resignation and
recommended its acceptance. [From The Richmond Times, January 24, 1892.] | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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