[PW] Army Letter dated 1874

[Daphne Drewello]

Sang wrote 
> I'm not sure I have enough information for anyone to be able to help.
> This is what the patron asked:
> 
> In an Army letter dated 1874 is a phrase "...they sit and wait for Uncle
> Davis' Money." Is there any way you can track down this saying and find
> out what it is referring to?

  Just considering the date of the letter, perhaps it was referring
to Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederacy during the
War Between the States. As Uncle Dyson would say, "Context
is everything."

Daphne Drewello
Alfred Dickey Library
Jamestown, ND