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1906/05/14
Mosby, John S. (1833-1916)
to: Joseph Bryan.
recent trip to Boston including a visit to Plymouth Rock; southern sentiments about forgiving the Yankees.
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22 May 1906
to William A. Chapman
Willie's post-earthquake arrival in San Francisco; banquet given by the Middlesex Club in honor of Grant's birthday.
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July 6 1906
to Sam Chapman
issue of The Old Dominion Sun; letter from Willie from the "late city of San Francisco;" impending death of Col. Smith and his obituary.
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1906/06/23
to: Sam Chapman
requesting news of San Francisco from Willie's friend; impending death of Col. Smith and his obituary.
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1906/11/26
publication of letter describing his Boston trip; hopes it will "contribute toward eradicating old prejudices."
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1906/12/07
Cousin Alice's visit to Covington, Va.; speculation about the Robertson family (from San Francisco); work on his book Stuart's Calvary in the Gettysburg Campaign.
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1907/10/09
to: Messrs. Moffat Yard & Co.
Defense of his book Stuart's Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign, with enclosed copy of a reader's opinion of the book.
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1908/08/02
Taft's upcoming speech to the Virginia Republicans; Maj. Swift's appointment as head of the Army War College.
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1908/09/13
letter concerning "the 'true inwardness' of Gen. Lee's staff;" intentions to vote for Taft; Maj. Swift's review of his book for the Journal of the United States Cavalry Association.
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10 February 1909
article about Lincoln in Cosmopolitan: "It is the best thing I have seen about Lincoln & confirms what I wrote you that Lincoln offered to the South compensation of their slaves when the Confederacy was in its last gasp & even then we rejected it."
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1909/03/09
Taft's Supreme Court appointees; dining with Col. Charles Francis Adams.
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1909/10/04
people who were for and against secession; requests the return of letter from Judge McDowell.
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1909/11/10
"correspondence & reports about burning & robbing cities in Vols.: 43 parts I & II- Shenandoah campaign". [Perhaps a reference to Official Records, published in 1908.]
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21 January 1910
McDowell and an additional circuit court judge appointment for Virginia; misdated "Chambersburg letter" of Gen. Lee to Gen. Ewell.
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15 February 1910
Defense of Stuart's absence at Gettysburg, prompted by a newspaper article; treason case against Jefferson Davis.
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12 April 1910
Belief that Walter Taylor has prompted the recent articles about Gettysburg, in an attempt to clear his name at the expense of Lee; forwarding a letter from Allen Potts.
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1910/06/20
Assistant Attorney General, Jack Russell [his nephew].
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1911/05/02
free mail delivery; forthcoming article in the New York Herald: "It tells how Fitz Lee saved Pope's Army."
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1911/08/12
travels through various towns in Virginia.
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1911/10/30
new address and his reason for moving; letter written by Mr. Ron Tucker given to his son as a memento.
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30 May 1912
Theodore Roosevelt's run on a third party ticket: "Teddy has knocked out Taft in one of the most surprising phenomena of history;"
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1912/10/29
intention to vote for Taft: "If Wilson is elected…the Bull Moose will be buried forever."
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1912/10
hopes to get out of the hospital in time to vote.
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1913/06/12
Free transportation to Gettysburg for Confederate veterans.
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1913/11/09
voted for Henry Stuart; ride in an automobile with Mrs. Julie Keith; plans to travel to Baltimore.
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