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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04353.09 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1870s |
| Title | William Tecumseh Sherman to J.C. Bancroft Davis introducing Colonel George B. Corkhill, the editor of the Washington Chronicle, who was traveling in Europe |
| Date | 11 May 1875 |
| Author | Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | General Sherman writes to U.S. Minister to Germany to introduce Colonel George B. Corkhill, the editor of the Washington Chronicle, who was traveling in Europe. He comments "out here on the Mississippi we don't fear Kaiser or Pope." Further comments that a baseball game interests the people more than "a cardinal's encyclical" in this jocular introduction. |
| Subjects | Letter of Introduction or Recommendation Frontiers and Exploration Government and Civics Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Vatican Catholicism Religion Union General Sports and Games |
| People | Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) Davis, John Chandler Bancroft (1822-1907) Corkhill, George Baker (1838-1886) |
| Place written | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Theme | Reconstruction; Arts & Literature; Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics; Religion |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |