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Letter to Lawrence Barrett, Fort Lincoln, Dacota [sic].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kellogg, William Pitt, 1830-1918.
- Indians of North America--Wars.
- Louisiana.
- United States--Dakota Territory.
- Wyoming.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1875.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: Graff 5134
- Collection: Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana
- From the Colton Storm catalogue: "Letter dated 18 February 1873 from George Custer at Fort Lincoln to Laurence Barrett discussing reconstruction, politics in the South, the elections in Louisiana, his reading of military history and biographies (including a life of Daniel Webster, letters and speeches of Cromwell, Carlyle's French Revolution and a book on Napoleon), a possible expedition to the Yellowstone River ("a large tract of country of which nothing is now known" - "the trip will be a deightful one - full of interest to any man possessing a soul"), and life in the Dakota Territory ("we have heard some startling Indian rumours")."
- Description based on publisher metadata (viewed July 24, 2024).
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