Parker, Ely S., 1828-1895 To: Spaulding

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GLC04360.036-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1865/10/25
Author/Creator
Parker, Ely S., 1828-1895
Title
To: Spaulding
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Mrs. Grant has received the jewelry Spaulding sent her. He writes that Grant said he thought the ornament might have been carved from "the wood of the tree under which Col. Babcock found Gen. Lee near the Appomattox C.H. when sent after Lee to come out of his lines and capitulate." Parker also gives instructions for the striking of a small medal which would give the history of a larger medal. He lists the Indian and English names to be engraved: "Sagoyawatha or Red Jacket. Sosawah or James Johnson. Donehogawa or Ely S. Parker."
[from Grant family archives]

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