Hunt, John Elliot (1798-1877) to Henry Jackson Hunt
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.220 Author/Creator: Hunt, John Elliot (1798-1877) Place Written: Toledo, Ohio Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 November 1875 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope ; 26.4 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy
John Hunt encloses a draft (not included) from the Metropolitan National Bank in New York City for three hundred dollars. Relates his sympathy that Henry J. Hunt, his nephew, did not obtain a military post at Baltimore, Maryland. Notes, "it may be well that you get so good a post as Charleston... " Written on Merchants National Bank stationery.
Hunt served as Chief of Artillery for the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. He was the military commander at Charleston, South Carolina, and Atlanta, Georgia 1875-1880.
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