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- GLC#
- GLC02382.125-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- January 18, 1884
- Author/Creator
- Hitt, Robert R., 1834-1906
- Title
- to Colonel Henry Clark Corbin
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 24.6 cm, Width: 19.4 cm
- Primary time period
- Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
- Sub-Era
- The Gilded Age
Hitt, a United States Representative from Illinois, replies to a 16 January letter from Corbin (refer to GLC02382.124). Relates "I... will inquire into the prospects of the bill for the retirement of Gen. Hunt, which had not before been brought to my attention. I hope I may be able to aid in your wishes." The bill Hitt refers to would give Brevet Major General Henry Jackson Hunt, Colonel retired, the rank of Major General on the retired list. Written on House of Representatives stationery.
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