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Drum, Richard Coulter, 1825-1909 to Henry Jackson Hunt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.113 Author/Creator: Drum, Richard Coulter, 1825-1909 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 June 1871 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 20.6 cm, Width: 26.1 cm Order a Copy

Drum, who had served as an assistant adjutant Union general during the Civil War, writes to Hunt at Fort Adams, Newport, Rhode Island. Notes that Harney (possibly General William Selby Harney) "would get through notwithstanding his demerit." Recently remitted $150.00 to a General [C.?] (possibly General Samuel Cooper). Cannot persuade General George Gordon Meade to collect his account. Discusses matters pertaining to the military and War Department.

Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889
Drum, Richard Coulter, 1825-1909
Harney, William Selby, 1800-1889
Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872
Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876

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