Kirby, Edmund, 1794-1849 to Silas Wright
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08977 Author/Creator: Kirby, Edmund, 1794-1849 Place Written: Brownville, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 May 1846 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy
Asking Governor Wright to approve his plan to raise and command a New York regiment in the Mexican War. Claims he can raise enough men for his own regiment, is experienced in command, and has already "asked the sanction of the Secretary of War and President to my tender of service to yourself." Promises "my faculties would be devoted with zeal to the endeavor to render the corps of New York volunteers a credit to the Empire State."
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