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Letter addressed "Dear General," written in New York, signed "Sincerely yr friend, Robert Anderson." Sent to Charleston, South Carolina. "Accept my thanks for your kind letter of the 19th last. Appreciation has been made by the citizens here to the President, to send me to Charleston for the purpose you name. Should he accede to their request, I am sure that I need not assure you that I will, with the greatest alacrity and satisfaction, obey the notice. It would do me good to see that old flag floating again over Sumter, and I should like, very much, to shake you by the hand and congratulate you on your being in command of Charleston, that hotbed of rebellion and treason. Mrs. Anderson desires me, with her kind regards, to thank you for the invitation you have extended to her; and to say that -- she being independent of orders from Washington -- you may expect her, certainly, un de ces beaux jours, to behold with her own eyes, the results of the gallantry of our Union's Army." Written on reverse, in different handwriting: "New York March 29, 1865 / Anderson, Robert Maj. Gen'l / Concerning teh raising of the old flag on Ft. Sumter. If ordered to come down & raise it, will obey with alacrity."
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