Letter from Walter M. Dickinson to Marquis Fayette Dickinson

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Title:
Letter from Walter M. Dickinson to Marquis Fayette Dickinson
Description:
Instructions to forward letter to Asa Williams Dickinson, when read (see letter from Walter M. Dickinson to Asa Williams Dickinson, June 15, 1898). On same sheet is letter from Marquis Fayette Dickinson to Asa Dickinson: the fighting has begun in Cuba "and Walter is so far safe," though his assistant's brother has been reported wounded. The military will move on Puerto Rico and the Havana, though probably not until the fall. Mattie (Martha) Dickinson has been removed from Washington to Belmar, N.J.: "The poor girl is worried to death." "I am trying to get Walter appointed a Col. or Lieut Col. of Vols., am working the members of Congress on it."
Creator:
Dickinson, Walter Mason, 1856-1898
Addressee:
Dickinson, Marquis F. (Marquis Fayette), 1840-1915
Addressee:
Dickinson, Asa Williams
Date:
June 15, 1898
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
Walter Mason Dickinson Papers
Subjects:
Spanish-American War, 1898
Extent:
1 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mufs173-i020
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Place of origin:
Transport Cherokee, Gulf of Mexico
Language:
English
Identifier:
mufs173-i020