Nov 07, 2017 - Sale 2461

Sale 2461 - Lot 11

Price Realized: $ 312
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
CALHOUN, JOHN C. Partly-printed Letter Signed, "J.C. Calhoun," as Secretary of War, to Ayers P. Merrill, informing him that he has been appointed a Surgeon's Mate in the 8th regiment of infantry, requesting a communication accepting or declining the appointment, and, if accepting, to report to the regiment's commanding officer near New Orleans. Accomplished in secretarial hand. 1 page, 4to, with integral blank; marginal discoloration from prior matting. [Washington], 19 March 1819