1906/12/07

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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

1907/06/04

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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 institution: "I am as not honored of having fought on the side of slavery --a soldier fights for his country --right or wrong-- he is not responsible for the political merits of the course he fights in. The South was my country." [transcript available.]

GLC03921.21

1907/10/09

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Typed letter signed

Title: 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

1908/08/02

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Typed letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

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

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1908/09/13

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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

1909/02/10

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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."

GLC03921.25

1909/03/09

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

Taft's Supreme Court appointees; dining with Col. Charles Francis Adams.

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1909/10/04

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

people who were for and against secession; requests the return of letter from Judge McDowell.

GLC03921.27

1909/11/10

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

"correspondence & reports about burning & robbing cities in Vols.: 43 parts I & II- Shenandoah campaign". [Perhaps a reference to Official Records, published in 1908.]

GLC03921.28

1910/01/21

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sam Chapman

McDowell and an additional circuit court judge appointment for Virginia; misdated "Chambersburg letter" of Gen. Lee to Gen. Ewell.

GLC03921.29

1910/02/15

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sam Chapman

Defense of Stuart's absence at Gettysburg, prompted by a newspaper article; treason case against Jefferson Davis.

GLC03921.30

1910/04/12

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sam Chapman

Belief that Walter Taylor has prompted the recent articles about Gettysburg, in an attempt to clear his name at the expense of Lee; forwarding a letter from Allen Potts.

GLC03921.31

1910/06/20

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

Assistant Attorney General, Jack Russell [his nephew].

GLC03921.32

1911/05/02

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

free mail delivery; forthcoming article in the New York Herald: "It tells how Fitz Lee saved Pope's Army."

GLC03921.33

1911/08/12

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

travels through various towns in Virginia.

GLC03921.34

1911/10/30

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

new address and his reason for moving; letter written by Mr. Ron Tucker given to his son as a memento.

GLC03921.35

1912/05/30

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sam Chapman

Theodore Roosevelt's run on a third party ticket: "Teddy has knocked out Taft in one of the most surprising phenomena of history;"

GLC03921.36

1912/10/29

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

intention to vote for Taft: "If Wilson is elected…the Bull Moose will be buried forever."

GLC03921.37

1912/10

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

hopes to get out of the hospital in time to vote.

GLC03921.38

1913/06/12

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

Free transportation to Gettysburg for Confederate veterans.

GLC03921.40

1913/11/09

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

voted for Henry Stuart; ride in an automobile with Mrs. Julie Keith; plans to travel to Baltimore.

GLC03921.41

1914/04/08

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

Lecture at a Toronto military institute; plans to spend time in New York.

GLC03921.42

1914/04/09

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

Suggests Chapman visit Wilson over the Easter holiday; Mosby has completed his speech.

GLC03921.43

1914/04/19

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

suggests Chapman try to obtain a post as chaplain in a regiment on the eve of war with Mexico.

GLC03921.44

1914/05/03

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

speech well received; "royal" reception in Canada; receiving social invitations in New York.

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