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Trobriand, Régis de, 1816-1897 to John Titcomb Sprague

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02458.06 Author/Creator: Trobriand, Régis de, 1816-1897 Place Written: Belleplaine, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 April 1863 Pagination: Order a Copy

Colonel Regis de Trobriand, Commanding 38th New York Volunteers, writes from his camp near Belleplaine, Virginia, to New York Adjutant General John Titcomb Sprague (1810-1878). He requests that New York Governor Horatio Seymour confirm his appointment of 1st Lieutenant John Mac'E. Hyde as his new adjutant general. One bust engraving of Trobriand included as collateral.

De Trobriand, Philippe Regis Denis de Keredern, 1816-1897
Sprague, J. T. (John Titcomb), 1810-1878

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