Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805-1866 to Henry B. Curtis
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07358 Author/Creator: Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805-1866 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 27, 1831 Pagination: 4 p. : address : docket ; Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Curtis, a future Union general, writes his older brother a long letter about his time at West Point, from which he graduated that year. Among the many plans and topics he comments on is the prejudice at the military academy of the "Yankee Staff toward the South and Westerners."
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