Box 5
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Murdoch, Lindsay to Orville E. Babcock (2 letters; enclosed: draft of Babcock's reply to letter dated Jan. 29, 1873, "sworn statement" referred to in letter dated May 20, 1875), 1873-1875
File — Box: 5, Folder: 292
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:
1873, "sworn statement" referred to in letter dated May 20, 1875), 1873-1875