Jun 05, 2008 - Sale 2148

Sale 2148 - Lot 132

Price Realized: $ 2,640
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG.) Archive of 26 letters to Custer's widow Elizabeth Bacon Custer. Various sizes, generally in excellent condition. Vp, 1864-1916

Additional Details

Includes 3 letters from her parents, 1864-1865; 17 letters concerning the disposition of the late general's horse Dandy and his hunting dogs, 1876-1877; and 6 letters concerning General Custer's career, 1889-1916. Correspondents include authors William Sinclair Lord and Henry Van Dyke. with--2 manuscript memorandum books kept by Mrs. Custer, ca. 1896-1907 and 1913.