Box 3
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Fabens, J.W. to Orville E. Babcock (petition addressed to the Hon. Hamilton Fish from Samana Bay Co., referred to in letter dated May 12, 1874), 1870-1874, 17 letters; enclosed in folder 150
File — Box: 3, Folder: 149-150
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:
17 letters; enclosed in folder 150