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Box 1

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Badeau, Adam to Orville E. Babcock (29 letters; enclosed: Folder 42: telegraphed message and noted dated Feb. 3 with letter dated Jan. 31, memorandum referred to in letter dated July 24, 1878, note dated July 28, letter from a "Mrs. Barrington" referred to in letter dated Oct. 16, 1878, 2 drafts of Babcock's reply to letter dated Oct. 16,1878), 1873-1883, 1878, Folder 43

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 54-57
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: 1878, Folder 43