CUSTER ELIZABETH BACON Autograph Letter Signed Elizabeth B C

Sale 2177 - Lot 21

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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

CUSTER, ELIZABETH BACON. Autograph Letter Signed, "Elizabeth B. Custer," to "My dear Mr. Price," sending a letter [not present] from General Custer in which he recounts a hunting trip and apologizing that she could not send the photograph of the General she likes best because of having worn out the negative. 3 pages, small 8vo, written on a single folded sheet; terminal page mounted to a larger card. sold as is. "100 Lexington Avenue," 5 March 1895

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"I have found a letter of General Custer's, which he wrote regarding a hunting trip on the Plains, to one of his intimate friends in Michigan. It is to his brother, Colonel Tom Custer, that he refers in the letter. He was almost as good a shot as his brother. . . ."
with--Elizabeth B. Custer. Autograph Inscription Signed, "For St. Paul's School," on the verso of a cabinet card photograph of George A. Custer. Approximately 6 1/2x4 1/4 inches overall; remnants of prior mounting on the verso overall markedly obscure and smear the inscription and signature.