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- GLC#
- GLC04278
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 6 August 1847
- Author/Creator
- Hopping, Enos D., 1805-1847
- Title
- to Mrs. Hopping
- Place Written
- Mier, Mexico
- Pagination
- 3 p. : address ; Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Writes to his wife about having received a letter from General Zachary Taylor regarding a possible peace with Santa Anna. Adds that Santa Anna had asked General Winfield Scott for a short armistice, even though he has been raising several thousand troops to defend Mexico City. Discusses military plans, keeping personal news to a minimum. Possibly Hopping's last letter home, as he died in Mier, Mexico on1 September 1847.
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