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to: Sam Chapman

enclosed check to settle accounts; appointments by McKinley.

GLC03921.02

to William Chapman

News of friends and family; hopes for November election; and article written for the Times concerning actions of Ulysses S. Grant and Philip Sheridan during the war: "[W]hen Grant telegraphed Sheridan about capturing and corralling my men's wives it...

GLC03921.03

to: Sam Chapman

Chapman's fate pending army reorganization; McKinley's feelings towards Mosby.

GLC03921.04

to Sam Chapman

News of Chapman's appointment under Brown Allen; finding Lee's letter book over the Gettysburg Campaign.

GLC03921.12

to: Sam Chapman

invitation to speak at the Quill Club; progress on the group painting.

GLC03921.39

to: Sam Chapman

expectations to remain in hospital for several weeks; inquires after Willie.

GLC03921.55

to Sam Chapman

Says he has published an article defending Ulysses S. Grant against attacks by Adolphus Richards. Sends a copy of the article, which he has had published anonymously. The article also criticizes General Custer, whom Richards had defended....

GLC03073

to: Sam Chapman

Mosby's lack of political influence; perhaps Senator John Daniel can assist Chapman in obtaining an appointment in the Philippines or as Supervisor of Forests.

GLC03921.05

to: Sam Chapman

chides Chapman for not remaining in Washington to meet with Daniel personally: "[H]e endorsed your application and forwarded it, and got the reply of 'no vacancy.' But that is the stereo typed answer to all applications by mail….you must go in...

GLC03921.06

to: Sam Chapman

upcoming elections, specifically mentioning Revercomb, Slemp, Hoge, Parker, and Roosevelt.

GLC03921.07

to: Sam Chapman

attempts to secure a position for Chapman in the Department of the Interior or under Agnew; enclosing a letter from Gen. Rucker.

GLC03921.09

to: Sam Chapman

defending his actions with regard to finding Chapman a position; suggests that storekeeper may be the best position Agnew can offer.

GLC03921.10

to: Sam Chapman

anxious to see Willie; no news about the Aborigines.

GLC03921.13

to: Sam Chapman

McCabe's letter abusing Grant.

GLC03921.14

to: Joseph Bryan.

recent trip to Boston including a visit to Plymouth Rock; southern sentiments about forgiving the Yankees.

GLC03921.15

to William A. Chapman

Willie's post-earthquake arrival in San Francisco; banquet given by the Middlesex Club in honor of Grant's birthday.

GLC03921.16

to Sam Chapman

issue of The Old Dominion Sun; letter from Willie from the "late city of San Francisco;" impending death of Col. Smith and his obituary.

GLC03921.17

to: Sam Chapman

requesting news of San Francisco from Willie's friend; impending death of Col. Smith and his obituary.

GLC03921.18

to Sam Chapman

publication of letter describing his Boston trip; hopes it will "contribute toward eradicating old prejudices."

GLC03921.19

to: Sam Chapman

Cousin Alice's visit to Covington, Va.; speculation about the Robertson family (from San Francisco); work on his book Stuart's Calvary in the Gettysburg Campaign.

GLC03921.20

to Sam Chapman

Scathing response to reunion speeches, especially one minimizing slavery's role in the war. Includes brief account of the Southern defense of slavery prior to the war, noting that he did not approve of slavery; rather, it was inherited as an...

GLC03921.21

to: Messrs. Moffat Yard & Co.

Defense of his book Stuart's Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign, with enclosed copy of a reader's opinion of the book.

GLC03921.22

to: Sam Chapman

Taft's upcoming speech to the Virginia Republicans; Maj. Swift's appointment as head of the Army War College.

GLC03921.23

to: Sam Chapman

letter concerning "the 'true inwardness' of Gen. Lee's staff;" intentions to vote for Taft; Maj. Swift's review of his book for the Journal of the United States Cavalry Association.

GLC03921.24

to Sam Chapman

article about Lincoln in Cosmopolitan: "It is the best thing I have seen about Lincoln & confirms what I wrote you that Lincoln offered to the South compensation of their slaves when the Confederacy was in its last gasp & even then we rejected it."

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