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DATE SPAN: 05/01/1873 - 05/01/1873
DESCRIPTION: 1 letter (ALS with a typed transcript) to Hein from Mrs. Hester Dana, wife of General J.J. Dana, regarding some things she was going to send him "to alleviate . . . the hard lot of a tour of duty in Arizona."
DATE SPAN: 09/12/1888 - 12/20/1888
DESCRIPTION: 1 transcribed fragment of a letter praising Hein for his work at the Infantry and Cavalry School, a letter of recommendation for the Bureau of Military Intelligence and a letter from Wesley Merritt congratulating Hein on a promotion.
DATE SPAN: 03/02/1889 - 11/14/1889
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence regarding Hein's tour of duty as Military Attache of the U.S. legations in Vienna, Rome, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Paris, and London. Includes Hein's orders and a letter from Secretary of State Thomas F. Bayard.
DATE SPAN: 04/11/1890 - 06/21/1890
DESCRIPTION: 1 letter from Wesley Merritt and 1 letter from Army headquarters regarding a recommendation that Hein be promoted to "brevet 1st Lieutenant" for bravery in action against the Indians.
DATE SPAN: 02/01/1891 - 08/12/1891
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence regarding, for the most part, Hein's duties in Vienna.
DATE SPAN: 02/27/1892 - 10/29/1892
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence regarding Hein's work in Europe.
DATE SPAN: 06/28/1893 - 12/01/1893
DESCRIPTION: 1 document authorizing Hein to see military operations and a letter notifying Hein that he was relieved of his duties as Military Attache in Europe.
DATE SPAN: 01/16/1894 - 12/11/1894
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence regarding Hein's return to the U.S. from Vienna. Also includes extracts from a Military Information Division memorandum regarding Hein's report of his military findings while stationed in Vienna.
DATE SPAN: 01/09/1895 - 12/18/1895
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence regarding Hein's report of his military findings while stationed in Vienna and regarding the possibility of his receiving the position of Commandant of Cadets at West Point.
DATE SPAN: 12/17/1896 - 12/17/1896
DESCRIPTION: TLS from Frederick D. Grant, son of President Ulysses S. Grant, to C.W. Larned regarding the possibility of Hein's appointment to the position of Commandant of Cadets at West Point.
DATE SPAN: 01/17/1897 - 03/31/1897
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence congratulating Hein on his appointment as Commandant of Cadets at West Point.
DATE SPAN: 04/02/1897 - 12/12/1897
DESCRIPTION: Letters congratulating Hein on his appointment as Commandant of Cadets at West Point.
DATE SPAN: 07/28/1898 - 09/05/1898
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence regarding visits to West Point.
DATE SPAN: 03/24/1899 - 10/25/1899
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence, including a letter from Theodore Roosevelt (original in "Presidential Autographs Collection").
DATE SPAN: 03/20/1900 - 11/14/1900
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence regarding visits to West Point.
DATE SPAN: 01/09/1901 - 09/03/1901
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence regarding the end of Hein's commission as Commandant of Cadets at West Point. Includes the official order for Hein to be relieved and to rejoin his regiment (in the Phillipines) and receipt of payment for travel to San Francisco.
DATE SPAN: 12/04/1903 - 08/23/1904
DESCRIPTION: Special orders allowing Hein leave of absence for illness from December 1903 to March 1904, orders to appear before the army retiring board, and Hein's retirement orders as of 7/28/1904. Also includes a letter from Wesley Merritt.
DATE SPAN: 10/23/1905 - 06/14/1906
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence regarding Herbert Hein's acceptance into the U.S. Naval Academy, a photograph of Otto Hein, and an invitation for Otto Hein to become a Companion of the Military Order of Foreign Wars.
DATE SPAN: 04/11/1907 - 07/13/1909
DESCRIPTION: Includes 3 letters of appointment for audiences with King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena of Italy, notice of a meeting of the Society of American Wars, and a letter from G. Henderson.
DATE SPAN: 03/24/1920 - 12/18/1920
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Hein's former army amd Military Academy associates regarding the 50th reunion of the West Point class of 1870. Also includes letters regarding gifts made by Hein to the Military Academy at West Point and to Georgetown University.
DATE SPAN: 08/19/1921 - 08/19/1921
DESCRIPTION: Letter and notes to Hein from W.S. Edgerly, regarding the Battle of Little Big Horn ("Custer's Last Stand"). Edgerly was presents moments before and after the battle and contends that Custer's actions were correct and he was not to blame for the massacre.
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1922 - 12/31/1922
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence form former colleagues.
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1923 - 11/28/1923
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence.
DATE SPAN: 01/05/1924 - 12/30/1924
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence.
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1925 - 12/18/1925
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence, most regarding Hein's book, Memories of Long Ago.
DATE SPAN: 01/10/1926 - 11/01/1926
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence, including references to Hein's book from friends, general readers, libraries, and magazines. Also includes correspondence with the War Department regarding a pension due to Hein.
DATE SPAN: 01/24/1927 - 12/02/1927
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence, including letters regarding a book written by Douglas Dawson.
DATE SPAN: 02/27/1928 - 12/26/1928
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence.
DATE SPAN: 01/04/1929 - 12/26/1929
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence including a letter seeking information about early Georgetown and a letter from the Columbia Historical Society thanking Hein for a copy of his book.
DATE SPAN: 06/21/1930 - 10/11/1931
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1873]? - [12/31/1899]?
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence. Includes a response to verbal attacks made against the Commandant of Cadets (probably Hein: although his name is never mentioned, the letter refers to the present Commandant appointed in 1897).
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1900]? - [12/31/1924]?
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous cards.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1925]? - [12/31/1930]?
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1900]? - [12/31/1930]?
DESCRIPTION: One of the binders in which Hein kept his correspondence.
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