This collection consists of a letter from retired Union Army Major General James H. Wilson to Edgar T. Welles of New York. Writing from Stockford, his home in Wilmington, Delaware, Wilson briefly requests that Welles send him an overcoat that the two seem to have previously discussed and mentions an impending trip to New York during which he foresees visiting with Welles. The Edgar Welles to whom Wilson writes is likely the same Edgar Welles who was a son of U. S. Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles.