[PW] Army Letter dated 1874

[John P. Dyson]

Quoting Daphne Drewello <drewello at daktel.com>:

> 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."


If they were waiting for Jefferson Davis' money in 1874, no doubt 
they're still waiting. Context is everything.

John Dyson