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| − | Dear Sir Yours of the 9th was Recd I have written to Capt. Tilden | + | Dear Sir Yours of the 9th was Recd I have written to Capt. Tilden about my sons appointment and I hope you will not appoint any other to that place before you can hear from him. |
| − | It will be a popular appointment and he writes he can get any amount of | + | It will be a popular appointment and he writes he can get any amount of Recommendations as I believe he can and I hope you will be satisfyed he is the [underlined] man for that place. Mr. Mudgett will make a good Captain he is First Lieut. now and George L. Brown is 2d t Lieut. and Captain Tilden told me when he was at home that he was above where he should be now and the orderly J.H. Collins is a poor schollar he cannot spell one word in ten Right Charles and others have had to do his writing for him |
Your Truly | Your Truly | ||
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Castine June 11, 1862
Dear Sir Yours of the 9th was Recd I have written to Capt. Tilden about my sons appointment and I hope you will not appoint any other to that place before you can hear from him.
It will be a popular appointment and he writes he can get any amount of Recommendations as I believe he can and I hope you will be satisfyed he is the [underlined] man for that place. Mr. Mudgett will make a good Captain he is First Lieut. now and George L. Brown is 2d t Lieut. and Captain Tilden told me when he was at home that he was above where he should be now and the orderly J.H. Collins is a poor schollar he cannot spell one word in ten Right Charles and others have had to do his writing for him
Your Truly John Bridges
Hon. I. Washburn Jr. Augusta