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Lyman, Theodore, 1833-1897 to Henry Jackson Hunt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.109 Author/Creator: Lyman, Theodore, 1833-1897 Place Written: Brookline, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 13, 1887 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope Height: 20.1 cm, Width: 25.3 cm Order a Copy

Lyman writes, "I have read with interest your three Gettysburg articles. They are in all ways admirable. Especially I thank you for your judicious justification of Gen. Meade." Asks if there is any chance for Hunt's bill, possibly referring to a congressional bill advocated by Hunt pertaining to military retirement pay and rank. Lyman had served as an aide-de-camp to General George Gordon Meade during the Civil War, and as a Representative from Massachusetts 1883-1884.

Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889
Lyman, Theodore, 1833-1897
Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872

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