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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 to J.C. Bancroft Davis

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04353.09 Author/Creator: Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Place Written: St. Louis, Missouri Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 May 1875 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 26 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

General Sherman writes to U.S. Minister to Germany to introduce Colonel George B. Corkhill, the editor of the Washington Chronicle, who was traveling in Europe. He comments "out here on the Mississippi we don't fear Kaiser or Pope." Further comments that a baseball game interests the people more than "a cardinal's encyclical" in this jocular introduction.

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Davis, John Chandler Bancroft, 1822-1907
Corkhill, George Baker, 1838-1886

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