Apr 23, 2009 - Sale 2177

Sale 2177 - Lot 37

Price Realized: $ 1,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
(MILITARY.) Group of 15 items Signed, or Signed and Inscribed, by 18th- and 19th-century American military figures. Format and condition vary. sold as is. Vp, vd
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Henry W. Halleck. Signature, "H.W. Halleck / Gen'l in Chief," on a slip of paper. Approximately 3x4 1/2 inches. Np, nd Philip Henry Sheridan. Signature, "P.H. Sheridan / Lieut Genl," on a small card. Approximately 2x3 1/2 inches; mounted to a larger card. Np, nd John J. Pershing. Signature, on a small card. Approximately 3 1/2x4 1/2 inches. Np, nd Lachlan McIntosh. DS, "Lach'n McIntosh," ordering payment to Francis Courvoisie of three pounds twelve shillings. Countersigned by Major Habersham. Approximately 3 1/2x6 1/4 inches. Savannah, 17 April 1790 Benjamin Lincoln. Partly-printed DS, "B. Lincoln," certifying that R.D. Tucker has imported one hogshead of rum from Grenada in the June-Gillpatrick. Approximately 5 1/2x10 inches. Boston, 16 July 1808 Fitzhugh Lee. Clipped portion of a TLS, closing only. Approximately 4x6 inches. Np, nd Joseph Hooker. Signature, "J. Hooker / Maj. Gen'l," on a small card. Approximately 1 1/2x4 inches. Np, nd George B. McClellan. Clipped Signature, "Geo. McClellan." Approximately 1x3 1/4 inches. Np, nd William Starke Rosecrans. Clipped Signature, "W.S. Rosecrans / Maj. Gen'l." Approximately 1 1/4x4 1/4 inches. Np, nd Benjamin Franklin Butler, Clipped portion of a LS, "Benj. F. Butler," closing only. Approximately 3x6 inches. Np, nd Henry Dearborn. LS, as Secretary of War, to William Few, clarifying rates for pensioners. 2 1/4 pages, 4to. Washington, 26 December 1806 George Dewey. Endorsement Signed, on the verso of a portion of a letter requesting a transfer. Approximately 7 1/2x3 1/2 inches. 22 September 1898 Samuel Francis Du Pont. ALS, "S.F. DuPont," confirming that the [U.S.S.] Sabine had been ordered home. 1 page, 8vo. "Navy Department," 26 June no year Andrew H. Foote. Brief ALS, "A.H. Foote, sending thanks. 1 page, 8vo. Cairo, 2 March 1862 William S. Sims. Signature, "Wm.S.Sims," on a small card. Approximately 2x3 1/2 inches. Np, nd.