Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Babcock, Orville E., Jr. to Wesley Winans Scott (1 letter; enc: "Account of Lee's surrender attested by General Grant" referred to in letter), 1940, Apr. 8
File — Box: 1, Folder: 51
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Contains primarily incoming correspondence received while Babcock served as private secretary to President Grant, with a large portion of the letters concerning Grant’s attempted annexation of Santo Domingo and Babcock’s Whiskey Ring trial. Many of the letters have a penciled draft of Babcock’s reply on verso. Also contains family correspondence, notably a series of courtship letters from Orville Babcock to Annie Campbell prior to their marriage. Some family correspondence extends beyond...
Dates:
1940, Apr. 8