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Mosby, John S. (1833-1916) to: Sam Chapman

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03921.44 Author/Creator: Mosby, John S. (1833-1916) Place Written: New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1914/04/19 Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy

suggests Chapman try to obtain a post as chaplain in a regiment on the eve of war with Mexico.

with

19 April 1914, Hotel Martinique
Broadway, 32d and 33d Sts.
New York
Dear Sam:
The indications are that the U. S. will be at War tomorrow with ?. Now the thing for you to do is to go to Washington & get the appointment as Chaplain to a regiment. Your experience in Cuba will help you - go to my friend Judge Watson & show him this letter. He lives at the Cochron. I leave gere next Saturday for Toronto. Deliver my lecture on Monday evening - attend a dinner the next day. Tuesday ? that I will start back Tuesday night.
Yours Truly
J.S. Mosby

Chapman, Samuel Forrer, 1838-1919
Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916

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