Chester, Colby Mitchell, 1844-1932 to Whitelaw Launders
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03479.71 Author/Creator: Chester, Colby Mitchell, 1844-1932 Place Written: New Haven, Connecticut Type: Typed letter signed Date: 24 May 1918 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 27.8 cm, Width: 21.5 cm Order a Copy
Written by Rear Admiral Chester as Commandant of the Navy ROTC program at Yale University. Replies to a request for a written story of the Civil War. Says he doe not have time "to write a story of the Civil war, during this war." Typed on letterhead of the Headquarters of the Yale Naval Training Unit.
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