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Worth, Margaret, 1828-? to Henry Jackson Hunt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.099 Author/Creator: Worth, Margaret, 1828-? Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 February 1865 Pagination: 5 p. : docket ; Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 25.4 cm Order a Copy

Signed "M. S. Worth." Discusses General Scott's charge, possibly referring to an advance during the Mexican American War which involved General Winfield Scott and her father General William Jenkins Worth. Remarks "I remember how fully it was my Fathers purpose to leave a record of events in justification, first, of his Division, & then of himself, when death removed him from the scene of his usefulness, as well as trials... history may place my Father's name & character where it deserves to be." Calls Hitchcock a "snake in the grass" (possibly referring to Ethan Allen Hitchcock, who had served as an inspector-general on Scott's staff during the Mexican American War). Notes that Hitchcock will soon publish memoirs. Says that her mother has saved papers pertaining to her father since his death, and wishes Hunt could visit Albany. (Refer to GLC02382.080) William Jenkins Worth served in the War of 1812, and was a General in the Mexican American War.

Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889
Worth, Margaret, 1828-?
Worth, W. J. (William Jenkins), 1794-1849
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
Worth, Margaret Stafford, 1799-1869

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