Phillip Sheridan letter to Colonel Robert Breckenridge, 1875 October 5.

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Phillip Sheridan letter to Colonel Robert Breckenridge, 1875 October 5.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/746213980

Handwritten copy of a letter written from San Francisco, agreeing to recommend Breckenridge to the Khedive of Egypt or the Sultan of Turkey.

1 item (1 leaf); 20 x 32 cm.

University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8120261

University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888

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Sheridan claimed he was born in Albany in the State of New York, the third child of six of John and Mary Meenagh Sheridan, Irish Catholic immigrants from the parish of Killinkere in County Cavan, Ireland. He grew up in Somerset, Ohio. Fully grown, he reached only 165 cm (5 feet 5 inches) tall, a stature that led to the nickname, "Little Phil." Abraham Lincoln described his appearance in a famous anecdote: "A brown, chunky little chap, with a long body, short legs, not enough neck to hang him, an...

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Breckenridge, Robert Saylor

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