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Gibbon, John, 1827-1896 to Henry Jackson Hunt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.057 Author/Creator: Gibbon, John, 1827-1896 Place Written: Fort Laramie, Wyoming Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 May 1885 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 25.9 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Refers to the sale of the Gettysburg painting and to Hunt's Gettysburg article. He refuses to work any further for promotion: "I contend I have already done all my work for promotion & if this does not promote me, I am afraid I shall have to live & die a Col." Written at Fort Laramie

Gibbon, John, 1827-1896
Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889

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