Unknown to Henry Jackson Hunt
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.210 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Little Rock, Arkansas Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 December 1883 Pagination: 3 p. ; 23 x 27.5 cm. Order a Copy
Creator's signature is illegible. Written from Little Rock Barracks. Asks if Hunt can look over his manuscript on organization and administration. Mentions Mr. Dudley. Discusses a proposal regarding the United States Senate (possibly related to a bill Hunt wished to introduce pertaining to his military rank at retirement). Mentions Senators James Falconer Wilson and Allison (possibly William Boyd Allison).
Hunt had served as Chief of Artillery for the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. From 1883 until his death in 1889, he was Governor of the Soldier's Home in Washington, D.C.
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