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LS, New York, J.S. Billings, to Maj. [Harry] Hammond, 25 Apr. 1898

File — Reel: 1

Abstract

(collecting documents for the New York Public Library and commenting on the war as "a two penny business thus far. We ought not to have seized private property that was not contraband of war--and by doing so we have put ourselves on a low plane").

Dates

Creation: 25 Apr. 1898

Additional Description

Abstract

(collecting documents for the New York Public Library and commenting on the war as "a two penny business thus far. We ought not to have seized private property that was not contraband of war--and by doing so we have put ourselves on a low plane").