Michael N. Veres letter to Robert W. Hill 1951

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Michael N. Veres letter to Robert W. Hill 1951

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Contains one letter from Michael N. Veres to Robert W. Hill of the New York Public Library informing him that the collection of William Wood Averell papers had been donated to the State Library at Albany dated 22 Jan. 1951.

0.1; 1 folder

The New York Public Library. New York Public Library Archives.

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Averell, William Woods, 1832-1900

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Averell was born in Cameron, New York. As a boy, he worked as a drugstore clerk in the nearby town of Bath, New York. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1855 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Mounted Rifles. George Custer was among his classmates. His early assignments included garrison duty at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, and the U.S. Army Cavalry School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. During two years of service in New Mexico, he was wo...