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Hunter, Nathaniel Wyche, fl. 1846 to Sarah R. Golding

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09284 Author/Creator: Hunter, Nathaniel Wyche, fl. 1846 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 May 1846 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

Capt. of 2nd U.S. Dragoons, Galveston, Texas writes about the opening of the Mexican War: "There will be ten thousand troops on the Rio Grande in two weeks....I shall go directly to Point Isabel and if not in the hands of the enemy shall land and join my company. We can keep to sea until our fuel is exhausted if we cannot get ashore."

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