Allison Owen letters, 1866; 1885 [manuscript].

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Allison Owen letters, 1866; 1885 [manuscript].

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Two letters. One, 26 January 1866, is from Robert E. Lee to Longstreet, Owen and Company congratulating them on their new partnership. The other, 2 April 1885, is a draft of a letter from Jefferson Davis to N. Walker, giving his reasons for declining to prepare a criticism of Gen. Grant's military career.

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