Saturday, August 16, 2014

Capt. Theodore McMurtrie to Corydone E. Fuller, December 10, 1864

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Provost Marshal General’s Office,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 10, 1864

Corydon E. Fuller, Esq., Rochester, Indiana:

Sir: — Your application for a clerkship, forwarded by Hon. Schuyler Colfax, has been favorably considered.

You will report to this office at your earliest convenience. Salary $1,200 per annum!

I am, sir,
Very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,

Theo. Mcmurtrie,
Captain Vet. Res. Corps.

SOURCE: Corydon Eustathius Fuller, Reminiscences of James A. Garfield: With Notes Preliminary and Collateral, p. 369

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