Scott Brown to E. H. Hobson
1860-12-19
- Date of Creation
- December 19, 1860
- Place of Creation
- Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- Repository
- Kentucky Historical Society
- Collection
- Scott Brown Letter
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0003-216-0001
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- FTP Identifier
- 32213329
Citation
Scott Brown to E. H. Hobson, 1860-12-19, Scott Brown Letter, Kentucky Historical Society. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0003-216-0001 (November 12, 2026).
Office of Adjutant General,
Frankfort, Ky.,
Sir
By authority from the Governor of Ky I am authorised to order into the State armory the piece of Ordenance [wh]ich was [...] to you as the Inspector General Buckner concludes Artillery and Infantry in the same company is incompatable by the law
I am requested to say to you by the Quarter Master General West that so soon as we received from the amory at St Louis Musket which we will get from there in a few days he will exchange a fine musket for your Halls Rifles Inclosed by mail you will find a new manuel for the use of arms
I am with Respect
Your Ob St
Scott Brown
To
Capt E H Hobson
Greensburg
did not Send the gun knowing that Genl Buckner was a Rebel and [desi][...] to send the gun Smith
E. H, Hobson