?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
FREMONT, JOHN CHARLES. Autograph Letter Signed, to Frederick Kapp, asking him to go to Missouri to correct erroneous statements regarding the proposed sale of the Missouri Railroad, discussing the proposed bill concerning the project, the addition of the Southwest branch, the prospects it will create for improved migration to the region, and the advantages of foreign investment. 4 pages, folded 8vo sheet. New York, 12 December 1865
After the Civil War, Fremont became a railroad speculator, attempting to create a route to the Pacific, for which he received Senate authorization for the right of way through the territories in 1869. However, he misinformed French bond agents that the bonds would be guaranteed by the U.S. Fremont was convicted of fraud (in absentia) by the French government and the route failed.
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