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Anderson, John Alexander 1834-1892 to [Colonel Henry Clark Corbin]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.126 Author/Creator: Anderson, John Alexander 1834-1892 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 18, 1884 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 13.5 cm Order a Copy

Recipient inferred from content. Anderson, a United States Representative from Kansas, replies to Corbin's letter from 16 January 1884 (refer to GLC02382.124). Relates "I will with great pleasure do all in my power for his bill." The bill Anderson refers to would give Brevet Major General Henry Jackson Hunt, Colonel retired, the rank of Major General on the retired list. Written on House of Representatives stationery.

Corbin, Henry Clark, 1842-1909
Anderson, John Alexander 1834-1892
Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889

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