Letter to Simon Bolivar Buckner, 7 April 1890.

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Letter to Simon Bolivar Buckner, 7 April 1890.

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Short letter from Major General Thomas J. Wood to his old West Point classmate Simon Bolivar Buckner, then Governor of Kentucky. Wood writes that his letter was occasioned by a friend who had recently visited Governor Buckner in Frankfort. Wood reminisces about their past friendship and suggests that Buckner visit him at his home in Dayton, Ohio.

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Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914

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Wood, Thomas John, 1823-1906

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