DeRussy, John, fl. 1848 Affidavit of Lieutenant DeRussy 4th Infantry

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GLC#
GLC02305.04-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
27 June 1848
Author/Creator
DeRussy, John, fl. 1848
Title
Affidavit of Lieutenant DeRussy 4th Infantry
Place Written
Jalapa, Mexico
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.9 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Swears that Ulysses S. Grant deposited $1000 in the trunk of Captain Gore in early June. Comments that on the night of June 16, "the trunk containing said funds was stolen from the tent of Capt. Gore, this whilst Capt. Gore and myself were both sleeping in the tent." Swears that he "heard Lieut. Grant say that he was going to put it [the $1000] there and afterwads hearing Capt. Gore say that it was there." Signed by Lieutenant John DeRussy and 1st Lieutenant H.D. Waller, Judge Advocate of the General Court Marshall.

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