Mosby, John S. (1833-1916) to: Sam Chapman
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03921.20 Author/Creator: Mosby, John S. (1833-1916) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1906/12/07 Pagination: 2 p. + env. Order a Copy
Cousin Alice's visit to Covington, Va.; speculation about the Robertson family (from San Francisco); work on his book Stuart's Calvary in the Gettysburg Campaign.
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7 Dec 1906, Washington
Dear Sam:
I have recd. a letter from Mr. Amistead Gordon asking me to write on the picture I gave him that I did it in recognition of his poem. I am mailing him one with the ? - I have ? heard that my cousin Alice Mosby Gordon is spending the winter in Covington. She thinks a great deal of you & I want you to go to see her & also take my cousins to see her. I wo. Also like for her to get acquainted with the wife of the doctor (I can't recall the names) I knew in San Francisco who is now in Covington. If you should see the Robertsons, could you in a gentle in a gentle way find out why he & not she ? my letter. He had never done such a thing before. In his letter he did not even mention Mrs. Robertson or Mrs. Macon & he knew that I thought a great deal of both. Hence, I concluded these most be a ? Robertson must have lost his position in the ? ? of Powder Co. They were always very kind to me. Make Alice laugh about "the headless horseman." She will appreciate the humor. Jow Bryon worked here a few days ago. I spoke of Colonel Tom's ridiculous speech (May 30th) at Hollywood when in his tragic manner he said it wo. Be his last - that he was about to take his flight to ? in the skies yet he had made ? such speech since & its still kicking. Joe said that he never read these speeches. I asked him why did he want me to go to these reunions & have to go through the crucifixion of hearing speeches he couldn't read. But I read both Hugh's & John's. Had Robertson read the Doves trial in chases decisions. He speaks from his "recollection" when I heard of John Goode; ridiculous speech I remembered all about the trial (1868) but got the book from the library - showed it to several who heard you do as I wanted to contradict him by the record & there I wrote to you. There was no decision or allusion about state rights or ? the indictment was dismissed on the ground that a few days after the case was argued the President issued a Proclamation of Pardon. The case ? there. So says the record. Yesterday was my birthday - 73.
Ben Palmer writes me that the Stuart Statue will be unveiled next May 30th. I am now at work on my "Stuart Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign" wh. I want to publish shortly before the unveiling.
Yours Truly,
J. S. Mosby
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