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- GLC#
- GLC03293
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 09 May 1907
- Author/Creator
- Mosby, John S., 1833-1916
- Title
- to Sam Chapman
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 2 p. :
- Primary time period
- Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
- Sub-Era
- The Politics of Reform
Written on stationery of the Department of Justice. Discusses Grant's endorsement of Lee's pardon after the war, and Johnson's refusal to grant it. He discusses politics during the Reconstruction era. He comments "there was more vindictiveness shown to me by the Virginia people for my voting for Grant than the North showed to me for fighting four years against him." Various politicians and judges mentioned.
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