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1901/07/25
Mosby, John S. (1833-1916)
to: Sam Chapman
Mosby's lack of political influence; perhaps Senator John Daniel can assist Chapman in obtaining an appointment in the Philippines or as Supervisor of Forests.
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1901/08/01
chides Chapman for not remaining in Washington to meet with Daniel personally: "[H]e endorsed your application and forwarded it, and got the reply of 'no vacancy.' But that is the stereo typed answer to all applications by mail….you must go in...
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1904/09/10
upcoming elections, specifically mentioning Revercomb, Slemp, Hoge, Parker, and Roosevelt.
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1904/12/03
to: [Theodore Roosevelt].
letter of introduction for Samuel Chapman.
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1905/01/14
attempts to secure a position for Chapman in the Department of the Interior or under Agnew; enclosing a letter from Gen. Rucker.
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1905/03/01
defending his actions with regard to finding Chapman a position; suggests that storekeeper may be the best position Agnew can offer.
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[n.d.]
to: William Taft
enclosing a letter from Col. Petit, with whom Chapman served in the Spanish American War.
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1906/01/20
anxious to see Willie; no news about the Aborigines.
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1906/05/09
McCabe's letter abusing Grant.
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1906/05/14
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
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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June 4 1907
Scathing response to reunion speeches, especially one minimizing slavery's role in the war. Includes brief account of the Southern defense of slavery prior to the war, noting that he did not approve of slavery; rather, it was inherited as an...
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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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