A letter of recommendation for Dr. Philip Minis for an Assistant Surgeon's commission in the U.S. Army. Dated July 1824, Savannah, Georgia. Signed by the President and Vice President of the Georgia Medical Society, an MD, and a retired Post Surgeon of the U.S. Army. This is considered the earliest extant letter of recommendation for a Jew to be an officer in the U.S. Army.
Subject: Duels
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Issue of the National Intelligencer newspaper from Washington, D.C., dated September 4, 1855. This issue features a prominent article detailing the challenge to a duel issued by Alfred A. Cohen to James King of William and King's subsequent refusal on moral grounds. The article also includes biographical information on both King and Cohen.