Appomattox letters, 1865. 1893.

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Appomattox letters, 1865. 1893.

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Volume contains: printed letters, 1893, between Charles H.T. Collis and Ely S. Parker, concerning a plan to reproduce for a celebration letters of Lee and Grant at Appomattox; printed narrative by Parker about the surrender of Lee; 4 printed letters of Grant to Lee, April 7-9, 1865; 5 facsimile signed letters of Lee to Grant, April 7-9, 1865; facsimile ADS, April 9, 1865, of Grant on the terms of surrender.

1 v. (14 items) : port. ; 30 cm.

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Seneca sachem born at Indian Falls, Genesee County, N.Y. in 1828; raised on the Tonawanda Reservation. Studied law and civil engineering; appointed superintendant of government works at Galena, Ill. in 1857, where he became a friend of Ulysses S. Grant. Served during the Civil War as Gen. Grant's secretary. Appointed U. S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs by President Grant. Died at Fairfield, Conn. in 1895. From the description of Ely S. Parker correspondence and paper on the Iroquois...