 | Oregon Historical Society - Local history - 1904 - 446 pages
...Unfortunately the man in line first ahead of Senator Williams was an individual who had furnished a horse to our soldiers and taken a receipt for the same. The...fight, when one day in New York I received a letter froin General Meigs saying that he had ordered a special appraisement of the propeller Continental,... | |
 | Oregon Historical Society - Local history - 1904 - 446 pages
...Unfortunately the man in line first ahead of Senator Williams was an individual who had furnished a horse to our soldiers and taken a receipt for the same. The...that he had ordered a special appraisement of the propellor Continental, a 1,600 ton ship, and that I could have her at the appraisement for carrying... | |
 | Ted Morgan - History - 1996 - 564 pages
...into a rage, and had the man arrested. It was an inauspicious time to present Grant's order, and Meigs said, "There is no law justifying this order and I will not honor it." Weeks passed, and Mercer was about to leave Washington when he got a letter from Meigs. The quartermaster... | |
 | Oregon Historical Society - Local history - 1904 - 438 pages
...General Meigs recognized him. The quarter-master flew into a rage, ordered the man arrested and tilled the room with the smoke of vituperation and cuss words...with him. Weeks passed and I was ready to give up the tight, when one day in New York I received a letter from General Meigs saying that he had ordered a... | |
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The man had been paid twice for his animal already and General Meigs recognized him. The quarter-master flew into a rage, ordered the man arrested and filled the room with the smoke of vituperation and cuss words until breathing was an actual effort.... 