Item 81b: Letter from Schuyler Colfax to Alfred B. Street, 1868 July 5
Item — Box: 11, Folder: 81b
Dates
- Created: 1868 July 5
Creator
- Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letter
Measurements:
10 in. x 8 in.
Description:
The second letter is from Geoffrey to Street on July 5, 1868. The letter rejects the request from the first based on the limited number of available spots. The creator of the first letter, Charles Van Wyck, was a U.S. Senator and a member of the House of Representatives. The recipient of the second letter, Alfred Street, was born in New York in 1811. Street would study law with his father but eventually become a poet and an author.
es. He also fought during the Civil War as an Union Army general.
Location:
H.R. Wash
Transcription:
{Letter 2}
H. R. Wash
July 5. 1868
Dr. sir
It is impossible I regret to say. The number is limited, was long since made up, & I have been compelled to decline 20 applications from old friends earlier than yours
In great haste
Yrs truly
Schuyler Colfax
A. B. Street
Creator
- Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885 (Person)
Repository Details
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570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu