Letter from J. S. Cantey to Colonel Asbury Coward, April 5, 1898
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Letter from J. S. Cantey to Colonel Asbury Coward, April 5, 1898
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Letter from J. S. Cantey, father of Cadet Samuel Cantey, to Colonel Asbury Coward concerning the Cadet Rebellion of 1898, also known as the Cantey Rebellion.
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[Page 1]
Summerton
3.30 PM
April 5th 1898
Col Ashbury Coward
Charleston S.C.
Dear Col,
My son Cadet Cantey arrived, safe, home about midday. Accept our thanks for your prompt and courageous action in shielding him from personal insult and inquiry. I regret exceedingly that this trouble has arisen in the “old Citadel,” which we all love so well; and that my son should be the cause of it, although I am sure, he has acted from a sense of duty, and for the welfare of the Academy.
[Page 2]
He will remain quietly at home awaiting your commands, ready to return whenever needed. I heartily sympathize with you and other officers of the institution in this crisis; also with the misguided boys and their parents and friends. Thank you for money loaned Samuel and enclosed please find draft on Messrs Burdin & Murdoch for $5.00. Thanking you again for your kindness to Samuel.
Remain Yours truly
J. S. Cantey
Summerton
3.30 PM
April 5th 1898
Col Ashbury Coward
Charleston S.C.
Dear Col,
My son Cadet Cantey arrived, safe, home about midday. Accept our thanks for your prompt and courageous action in shielding him from personal insult and inquiry. I regret exceedingly that this trouble has arisen in the “old Citadel,” which we all love so well; and that my son should be the cause of it, although I am sure, he has acted from a sense of duty, and for the welfare of the Academy.
[Page 2]
He will remain quietly at home awaiting your commands, ready to return whenever needed. I heartily sympathize with you and other officers of the institution in this crisis; also with the misguided boys and their parents and friends. Thank you for money loaned Samuel and enclosed please find draft on Messrs Burdin & Murdoch for $5.00. Thanking you again for your kindness to Samuel.
Remain Yours truly
J. S. Cantey
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Cantey, J. S. , “Letter from J. S. Cantey to Colonel Asbury Coward, April 5, 1898,” The Citadel Archives Digital Collections, accessed April 16, 2024, https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/558.