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My Dear General. | My Dear General. | ||
I want to congratulate you on your success, and hope that it may prove successful throughout and that you may yet carry off the honors of making an end to Victoria and his Nomads, We could not get any news of your fight here for three or four days, the first we received after your telegram to Mrs. Grierson, was a copy of your telegram (by mail.) from Stockton, and I feel a little ashamed of | I want to congratulate you on your success, and hope that it may prove successful throughout and that you may yet carry off the honors of making an end to Victoria and his Nomads, We could not get any news of your fight here for three or four days, the first we received after your telegram to Mrs. Grierson, was a copy of your telegram (by mail.) from Stockton, and I feel a little ashamed of not being with you, and I want to say that I am ready to come whenever | ||
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the belt. Your family all well. the boys are out occasionally and get some plover and have killed an antelope since you went away, regards to all. Yours [strike] Mrs. Dowd & the Baby wish to be remembered &c, &c, &c. Yours &c Robt. G. Swithers
To Genl. B. H. Grierson Fort Concho U. S. Army, Texas. August 6" 1880.
My Dear General.
I want to congratulate you on your success, and hope that it may prove successful throughout and that you may yet carry off the honors of making an end to Victoria and his Nomads, We could not get any news of your fight here for three or four days, the first we received after your telegram to Mrs. Grierson, was a copy of your telegram (by mail.) from Stockton, and I feel a little ashamed of not being with you, and I want to say that I am ready to come whenever