Box 5
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Lee, S.P. to Orville E. Babcock (1 letter), 1866, Dec. 13
File — Box: 5, Folder: 248
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:
1866, Dec. 13