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Fitzhugh, Robert Hughes, ?-1920 to Henry Jackson Hunt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.116 Author/Creator: Fitzhugh, Robert Hughes, ?-1920 Place Written: Boone County, Nebraska Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 2, 1884 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 21.4 cm, Width: 13.3 cm Order a Copy

Name of city is illegible. Possibly created by Robert Hughes Fitzhugh, who served in the First New York Light Artillery during the Civil War. Mentions an enclosed letter transmitted by his brother in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from a Congressional member from that district (possibly James Herron Hopkins). Asks Hunt to notify him when Hunt's bill is brought before the House of Representatives. As a postscript, notes "I protest against Mr. Hopkins calling an act of justice relief."

Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889
Fitzhugh, Robert Hughes, ?-1920
Hopkins, James Herron, 1832-1904
Fitzhugh, Charles Lane, -1923

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