John R. Triplett letterMS.0367Virginia Military Institute Archives

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-09 17:48:53 -0400.Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script. Virginia Military Institute Archives John R. Triplett letter Triplett, John R. (John Richards), 1845-1882 MS.0367 /repositories/3/resources/447 1 items 1863 October 11 Manuscripts stacks English . Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one letter from Cadet John R. Triplett to his cousin (dated October 11, 1863). The letter discusses difficulty of having new shoes made because of the scarcity of leather.

Biographical / Historical

John Richards Triplett was born in 1845 in Richmond, Virginia. He was a member of the VMI Class of 1866 and a New Market cadet. He resigned his VMI cadetship on February 1, 1865 to enter the Confederate Army. After the Civil War he worked in the iron industry. Triplett died in 1882.

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John R. Triplett letter, 1863. MS 0367. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1866 New Market Cadets Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1860-1869 Correspondence