Gardiner, Asa Bird, 1839-1919 to Henry Jackson Hunt
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.118 Author/Creator: Gardiner, Asa Bird, 1839-1919 Place Written: Glencoe, Maryland Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 August 1874 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 25.4 cm Order a Copy
Gardiner, a Civil War veteran from New York, relates that he recently visited West Point. Discusses the false claims of a young man in Louisville, Kentucky, who is posing as Hunt's son. The young man had introduced himself to some of Hunt's acquaintances there, including General Sloan, Medical Director of the Department of the South. Of the incident, remarks "It is a rich drama- and I am only sorry that a distance of a thousand miles- prevents the tow of your boot giving a finale to the reverse of the medal of the young scamp."
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