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- GLC#
- GLC02305.01-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 26 June 1848
- Author/Creator
- Jones, Del. Floyd, fl. 1848
- Title
- Affidavit of Lieutenant D. F. Jones 4th Infantry
- Place Written
- Jalapa, Mexico
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.9 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Swears that he assisted Ulysses S. Grant in counting a bag of money that Grant brought into his quarters in early June. It was exactly $1000. They put it in a bag and Grant said he would place it in the trunk of Captain Alvord, but Jones understands that he later placed it in the trunk of Captain Gore. Signed by DeL. Floyd Jones and by 1st Lieutenant H.D. Waller, Judge Advocate of the General Court Marshall.
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