Leavitt Hunt to John Wolcott Phelps

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Leavitt Hunt to John Wolcott Phelps

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Title: Leavitt Hunt to John Wolcott Phelps

Author

Hunt, Leavitt

Recipient

Phelps, John Wolcott

Source Document

Extent: 2 pages

Date Created: October 05, 1861

Description

Topics include Mr. Cutts of Brattleboro and Leavitt Hunt asking Gen. John Wolcott Phelps to write a recommendation for a friend who was hoping to receive a Colonelcy position so as to raise a regiment in Vermont. Writer mentions the Army in the Potomac with 80,000 men on the other side of the river. Written from the Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Genre(s): correspondence

Subject/topic

Armed Forces -- Officers

Language(s): English

Note [Digital Version]

2010-11-10, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Type of Resource: text

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Leavitt Hunt to John Wolcott Phelps, Special Collections, University of Vermont, http://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/cwuvmphelps17 (accessed May 22, 2013)

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