Kirby, Edmund, 1794-1849 to Silas Wright

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GLC#
GLC08977
Type
Letters
Date
26 May 1846
Author/Creator
Kirby, Edmund, 1794-1849
Title
to Silas Wright
Place Written
Brownville, New York
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Asking Governor Wright to approve his plan to raise and command a New York regiment in the Mexican War. Claims he can raise enough men for his own regiment, is experienced in command, and has already "asked the sanction of the Secretary of War and President to my tender of service to yourself." Promises "my faculties would be devoted with zeal to the endeavor to render the corps of New York volunteers a credit to the Empire State."

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