Jun 21, 2018 - Sale 2483

Sale 2483 - Lot 118

Price Realized: $ 1,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(GARFIELD, JAMES A.) SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH. Autograph Letter Signed, "W.T. Sherman," as Commanding General of the Army, to General Judson D. Bingham, preparing for the Garfield memorial services planned at the Capitol. 3 pages, 8x5 inches, on one folding sheet; minimal wear. With original stamped and postmarked envelope, addressed in his hand. Washington, 27 February 1882
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"We are all getting ready to go up to the Capitol to attend at the Garfield obsequies. Sheridan, Hancock & Howard will be with me on the floor as 'Privileged Members.' A few only of the kind can be admitted in the outside rows. . . . Tell Miss Alice Blaine that all are well at her house, and that we expect a rattling oration from her father about 1 p.m. this day."