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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.211 Author/Creator: Place Written: Little Rock, Arkansas Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 August 1884 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 26.5 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

Creator's signature is illegible. Encloses an article (not included) from the Republican, possibly a newspaper, which contains "slurs on our artillery." Notes that he is indexing a manuscript for publication. Mentions the 1 July 1862 Battle of Malvern Hill.

Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889

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