Authors

George G. Meade

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Contributor

Frank and Virginia Williams

Description

This handwritten letter, dated December 12, 1865, is written from George G. Meade, a United States Army officer and civil engineer best known for decisively defeating Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War, to A. M. Gayley. The letter is a thank you note for some items that were sent to him. There is some staining in the center of the page. This letter was found tipped into volume seven, between pages 262-263 of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.

Publication Date

12-12-1865

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Publisher

New York : The Century Co

Time Period

1860-1869

Subjects

Meade, George G., 1815 –1872

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 1 leaf

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

FVW_NH_V7_1865-12-12_Letter_001

Source

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 7

Repository

The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana Repository

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Letter, George G. Meade to A. M. Gayley, December 12, 1865

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