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Catalog Number |
L076 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Artist |
Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889 |
Description |
Letter written and signed by Samuel Sullivan Cox to Coloned Edward Clark, dated May 12, 1870. The letter concerns the 7th Regiment New York State Volunteers and their service in the Civil War. It is written on stationery of the Forty-First Congress U.S. House of Representatives, Washington D.C., with a vignette of the Capitol building. Handwritten on the verso of the letter is, "In respect to the patriotism and services of the 7th Regiment during the War." |
Place of Origin |
Washington, D.C. |
Date |
May 12, 1870 |
Green-Wood Connection |
Samuel Sullivan Cox (1824-1889) is interred at Green-Wood (Lot 27123, Sec. 29). |
Material |
Paper |
Dimensions |
H-8 W-5 inches |
People |
Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889 Clark, Edward, 1815-1880 (Not G-W) |
Subjects |
Correspondence Politics & government Signatures |
Search Terms |
American Civil War, 1861-1865 7th Regiment, New York |