Jun 05, 2008 - Sale 2148

Sale 2148 - Lot 134

Price Realized: $ 2,160
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG.) Archive of poems on the subject of General Custer and his "Last Stand." 91 leaves, manuscript in various hands and typescript, including 26 poems and 8 letters addressed to Custer's widow Elizabeth Bacon Custer. Vp, 1876-1931

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Poems collected by Custer's widow during her lifelong effort to protect his reputation following his death the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Authors include Edmund Clarence Stedman (Autograph Letter and Manuscript Signed, 1905); and many others. with--7 other poems addressed to Mrs. Custer, including Autograph Manuscripts Signed by Marguerite Merington (1916) and Ruth McEnery Stuart (1907).