ALS, 1890 March 25 : New York to Mrs. Audenreid / W.T. Sherman.

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ALS, 1890 March 25 : New York to Mrs. Audenreid / W.T. Sherman.

Tells of the deaths of several Civil War officers. Preparations for his own death include looking for a burial ground and costing of a monument not left to others, as the appeal for more funds for Grant's tomb "makes me sick."

1 item (4 p.) ; 24 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7241905

Haverford College Library

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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

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Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River. His father, Charles Robert Sherman, a successful lawyer who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court, died unexpectedly in 1829. He left his widow, Mary Hoyt Sherman, with eleven children and no inheritance. After his father's death, the nine-year-old Sherman was raised by a Lancaster neighbor and family friend, attorney Thomas Ewing, Sr., a prominent member of the Whig Party who served as senator from Ohio and as the first S...

Audenreid, Mrs.

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