CUSTER REPRIMANDS THE KEEPER OF HIS HORSES CUSTER GEORGE ARM

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CUSTER REPRIMANDS THE KEEPER OF HIS HORSES CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG. Autograph Letter Signed, "G.A. Custer," to Captain W.J. Lough, concerning the alleged poor treatment of Custer's horses Phil and Mack under Lough's care. 4 pages, 4to, written on a single folded sheet; soiling on terminal page, vertical fold through signature, small stain through text on terminal page. Monroe, 30 August 1868

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"I do not want him kept from his regular full account of work merely because he shys . . . I certainly do not intend to pay for any time not even a day that my horse does not receive the work and care on the track which I intended he should . . . I distinctly told you that I did not want my horses taken outside the track enclosure and I still desire that except for shoeing."
with--Captain Lough's Autograph Letter Signed in response to Custer, defending his work. 6 pages, 4to, 4 pages written on a single folded sheet with a two-page signed postscript on a separate sheet. Leavenworth, 5 September 1868.