Letter from Mrs. Elliott W. Hazzard to Colonel Asbury Coward, April 22, 1898

Title

Letter from Mrs. Elliott W. Hazzard to Colonel Asbury Coward, April 22, 1898

Description

Letter from Mrs. Elliott W. Hazzard, mother of Cadets E. W. Hazzard and W. W. Hazzard, to Colonel Asbury Coward concerning the Cadet Rebellion of 1898, also known as the Cantey Rebellion.

Source

CP8, Box 5, Folder 2

Publisher

The Citadel Archives & Museum

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Asbury Coward Collection

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application/pdf

Language

English

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Text

Identifier

https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/573

Date Valid

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Georgetown S. C.
April 22nd
Col. Asbury Coward

Dear Sir:
I enclose a check $44.09 for the amount due for my two sons. Kindly forward receipt. While regretting that my sons were involved in the trouble at the Citadel, I unhesitatingly condemn the actions of those in

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authority in engaging policemen, and consider it an indignity and humiliation to the ladies and gentlemen of South Carolina who had entrusted their children to their influence and training, and in justice to them trust the Board of Visitors will look deeper into the matter, and investigate the other side.

Respectfully
Mrs. Elliott W. Hazzard

Citation

Hazzard, Mrs. Elliott W., “Letter from Mrs. Elliott W. Hazzard to Colonel Asbury Coward, April 22, 1898,” The Citadel Archives Digital Collections, accessed April 27, 2024, https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/573.