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Gibbon, John (1827-1896) to Henry Jackson Hunt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.051 Author/Creator: Gibbon, John (1827-1896) Place Written: Fort Laramie, Wyoming Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 November 1883 Pagination: 4 p. ; 22.8 x 27.7 cm. Order a Copy

Transmits a copy of correspondence he (Gibbon) previously sent to Humphreys (possibly Andrew Atkinson Humphreys). Mentions that Frank Woodbridge, an officer in his Regiment, will be doing some writing/ copying for him. Cautions Hunt against allowing newspaper reporters to see correspondence between Gibbon and Hunt. Disagrees with Hunt's intention to go to Congress with a special bill regarding his military retirement pay. Instead favors a more general bill, which he thinks would have a better chance of covering the retirement situations of Hunt and Getty (possibly General George Washington Getty). Sends his love to the Hunts and Grahams.

Hunt was governor of the Soldiers' Home in Washington, D.C. from 1883 until his death. Gibbon, a Civil War general, continued in the military after the war, serving in the Montana Territory and Pacific Northwest. He commanded Fort Laramie in 1883, and the Department of the Platte in 1884.

Gibbon, John, 1827-1896
Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889
Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson, 1810-1883
Getty, George Washington, 1819-1901

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