Letter from Captain H. J. Farnsworth to General Montgomery Meigs, 1865, Dec. 18.

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Letter from Captain H. J. Farnsworth to General Montgomery Meigs, 1865, Dec. 18.

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This letter, which Captain Farnsworth wrote at the request of General Meigs, concerns the conditions of the Quartermaster Departments at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley, Kansas, and at Fort Union, New Mexico. Farnsworth, who was the Depot Quartermaster at Fort Union, also suggests ways to improve the methods of procuring supplies for western military depots. Also included is a typescript of the letter.

1 letter, 25 cm., 14 pages.

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