Nov 09, 2004 - Sale 2021

Sale 2021 - Lot 98

Price Realized: $ 489
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG.) CRAWFORD, CAPTAIN JACK. Autograph Letter Signed, "J. W. Crawford / Captain Jack" to Elizabeth Custer, sending her a copy of his book Poet Scout, hoping she will enjoy the sections regarding the General. With a draft of a return letter praising the book from Elizabeth to Captain Jack, written in pencil on verso of a flyer announcing a lecture by Crawford at the Slayton Lyceum. The Crawford letter, 1 page, single 8vo sheet, Funk & Wagnalls stationery. New York, 1 March 1886

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"I send you today a copy of my 'Poet Scout.' Knowing and loving the General as I did, I trust you will appreciate my humble references to him, as well as the simple songs and stories contained in my book . . ."