Anderson, John Alexander (1834-1892) to [Colonel Henry Clark Corbin]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.126 Author/Creator: Anderson, John Alexander (1834-1892) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 January 1884 Pagination: 1 p. ; 22.5 x 13.5 cm. Order a Copy
Recipient inferred from content. Anderson, a United States Representative from Kansas, replies to Corbin's letter from 16 January 1884 (refer to GLC02382.124). Relates "I will with great pleasure do all in my power for his bill." The bill Anderson refers to would give Brevet Major General Henry Jackson Hunt, Colonel retired, the rank of Major General on the retired list. Written on House of Representatives stationery.
Hunt, who had been Chief of the Artillery for the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War, served as Governor of the Soldiers Home in Washington, D.C. from 1883 until his death. Corbin served in the Civil and Spanish American Wars.
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