Dewitt Clinton Letter, 1866

Summary

Creator:
Clinton, Dewitt, fl. 1866
Abstract:
Letter from Brevet Col. Dewitt Clinton regarding compensation to Southerners during Reconstruction
Extent:
1 item (SC)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Dewitt Clinton Letter,

Background

Scope and content:

The Dewitt Clinton Letter consists of a single letter from Clinton to W. W. Beckwith, an attorney in Richmond, Virginia, regarding claims by Beckwith's clients. Among other things, Clinton writes:

...proof will be required of the loyalty of your clients or that they have taken the Amnesty Oath and that they are not excepted from the benefit of the President's proclamation of amnesty.

Biographical / historical:

Dewitt Clinton was a Union officer during the Civil War and a member of the War Department's Claims Commission (sometimes called the Southern Claims Commission) which considered Southerners' applications for compensation after the end of the Civil War. In 1866 his rank was "Brevet Lieut. Col." It is entirely possible that he was related to the important Dewitt-Clinton families of New York but this cannot be ascertained.

Acquisition information:
Purchase.
Arrangement:

Single item.

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Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Dewitt Clinton Letter,

Location of this collection:
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Bird Library, Room 600
Syracuse, NY 13244, United States
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