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- GLC#
- GLC01669
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- September 30, 1854
- Author/Creator
- McClellan, George B., 1826-1885
- Title
- to Jefferson Davis
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 9 p. : Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 19.7 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
McClellan, Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers, describes the Island of Hispaniola (present-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic) geographically and politically to Davis, Secretary of War. Relays information about Hispaniola obtained from the German explorer Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk. Referring to Hispaniola, he states "there are no indications of either commercial or agricultural prosperity."
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