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Smith, Alvison B., fl. 1884 to Samuel Sullivan Cox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.132 Author/Creator: Smith, Alvison B., fl. 1884 Place Written: Toledo, Ohio Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 12, 1884 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 26.6 cm Order a Copy

Smith requests that Cox, a Representative from New York, examine a bill that would grant Henry Jackson Hunt the rank of Major General on the retired list. Notes "Gen Hunt is a full blooded democrat, that, perhaps is the leading reason for the necessity for this legislation."

Smith, Alvison B., fl. 1884
Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889
Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889

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