Mar 13, 2008 - Sale 2139

Sale 2139 - Lot 35

Price Realized: $ 4,410
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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
CUSTER, BOSTON. Autograph Letter Signed, "Bos," to his brother George Armstong Custer, announcing that he is "going to try and live a [C]hristian life," reporting that their mother is in poor health, that "we have one month vacation on account that there was not money to pay the teachers," and asking advice concerning his hope to attend a naval school. 3 pages, small 8vo, written on a single folded sheet; minor soiling, horizontal folds. With the original envelope. Monroe, 15 January 1868
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". . . I am going to tell you something which you will be surprised to hear, but I suppose Mag has told you. I am going to try and live a [C]hristian life, God being my helper, and you don't know how much better I feel, and if I have done anything to hurt your feelings or wronged you in any way, I ask pardon for all and will try and do better. . . ."
Later, Boston announces his plans for military schooling, plans that were never realized: "I intend to go to that Naval School, if I can . . ."
This letter is recorded in Thomas E. O'Neil's Letters From Boston Custer (Arrow and Trooper, 1993).