- GLC#
- GLC02382.064-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 18 May 1871
- Author/Creator
- McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885
- Title
- to Henry Jackson Hunt
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 3 p. : envelope Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 25.4 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- Reconstruction
General McClellan mentions General Randolph Barnes Marcy. Discusses transmitting a written document, possibly to the Count de Paris Philippe d'Orléans, who had served as a volunteer under McClellan during the Civil War. Suggests omitting a rejoinder to Winfield Scott Hancock contained within the document that was to be sent. Supports Hunt's views on the duties of the Chief of Artillery. Envelope was originally addressed to a Charles B. Young; Young's information has been struck.
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