Apr 21, 2011 - Sale 2244

Sale 2244 - Lot 11

Price Realized: $ 1,440
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
"INDIAN HOSTILITIES" FRÉMONT, JOHN CHARLES. Autograph Letter Signed, "J.C. Frémont," to an unnamed recipient ("My dear Sir"), sending a copy of his 1878 report for the Secretary of the Interior [not present], stating that it contains only general information, and adding that the "territory is large and population scattered, and until within the last six years Indian hostilities had retarded its progress and interfered to prevent familiar knowledge of its lands." 1 page, 4to, "Territory of Arizona" stationery; bottom margin trimmed, mounted at all corners to larger sheet, faint uneven toning, short closed tears at top left and right corners. Prescott [AZ], 5 January 1880