Two items related to William T. Sherman and Stanley Matthews [Decimalized]

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Collection Details

GLC#: GLC04492
Type: Header Record
Date: June 1883
Title: Two items related to William T. Sherman and Stanley Matthews [Decimalized]
Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination: 2 items

Time Period

Primary time period: Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900

Sub-Era: Development of the West

People

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Subjects

Union General

Military History

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Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Stanley Matthews

10 June 1883

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Discusses his retirement from Chief Commander of the Army. Feels blessed that he is 63 years old and still healthy. Reviews his army services mentioning his interest in the trans-continental railroad and his command of the army west of the...

GLC04492.01

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Washington McLean

12 June 1883

Matthews, Stanley, 1824-1889

Encloses a letter from General William T. Sherman (see GLC04492.01). Relays that the first part of the letter reviews Sherman's services in the army. States that the remainder deals with General William Babcock Hazen, of whom McLean apparently...

GLC04492.02

Two items related to William T. Sherman and Stanley Matthews [Decimalized]

Two items related to William T. Sherman and Stanley Matthews [Decimalized]

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