ALS, 1887 May 5 : Philadelphia on New Hotel Lafayette letterhead, to [Colonel] Tourtelotte.

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ALS, 1887 May 5 : Philadelphia on New Hotel Lafayette letterhead, to [Colonel] Tourtelotte.

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Sherman writes his former aide ... "Everybody in New York came to me and said somebody must answer Lord Wolsey--so his assertions would not be accepted by history, that nobody was willing to undertake it and I must ... We did not dream in 1865, that we would have to apologize for our conduct in the War."

8 p. ; 24 x 15 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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