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Mr. President, | |||
Allow me to present for your consideration in connection with the appointment of a new Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the name of Henry E. Alvord of Virginia. From an intimate personal acquaintance of nearly [strike] several years, I can cordially recommend him to you for the position. I know him to be &c, &c, &c. ? | |||
Mr. Alvord was a Major in the Volunteer Cavalry service and since the war was some years a Captain in my present regiment. He was stationed in the Indian Territory a long time,- and [strike] had special Indian duties which gave him much experience in dealing [strike] intercourse with the red men in all stages of their civilization, and was uniformly successful in his dealings with them. | |||
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Please address me here, at Lewensville, Va.
Yours hastily,
truly,
Alvord
Mr. President,
Allow me to present for your consideration in connection with the appointment of a new Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the name of Henry E. Alvord of Virginia. From an intimate personal acquaintance of nearly [strike] several years, I can cordially recommend him to you for the position. I know him to be &c, &c, &c. ?
Mr. Alvord was a Major in the Volunteer Cavalry service and since the war was some years a Captain in my present regiment. He was stationed in the Indian Territory a long time,- and [strike] had special Indian duties which gave him much experience in dealing [strike] intercourse with the red men in all stages of their civilization, and was uniformly successful in his dealings with them.