Monday, November 17, 2014

Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood to Samuel Kirkwood Clark, January 1, 1862

Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 1, 1862.

Dear Kirk: — A happy New Year to you. I send you a New Year's gift, in the shape of your commission, so that you are a lieutenant and eighteen years old on the same day.

Be a "good boy" and do your duty manfully, and you will always be sure of the affection of your uncle

KIRKWOOD.

SOURCE: Henry Warren Lathrop, The Life and Times of Samuel J. Kirkwood, Iowa's War Governor, p. 285

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