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GRANT, ULYSSES S. Autograph Letter Signed, "U.S. Grant / General," to Treasury Auditor Ezra B. French, requesting an opportunity to examine records from 1863 relating to pay for a Colonel who was under his command at the time. 1 1/2 pages, 8vo, ruled paper, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; mounted to board trimmed to size and cut with a window allowing view of text on verso, moderate foxing overall. Washington, 16 December 1867
"Col. T. Lyle Dickey, whos[e] services in the late rebellion were mostly rendered immediately under my command, has just shewn me a letter from the Auditor advising him of the fact that he had drawn pay for the month of Feb'y /63 . . . , and notifying him to return the amount overdrawn. "I know the Colonel well enough to feel thoroughly assured that he never did such a thing knowingly and he thinks even now that there may be some mistake about it. . . ." Theophilus Lyle Dickey (1811-1885) commanded the 4th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, mustered into service on September 26, 1861, serving under Grant during the battles of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. with--Printed admission ticket, showing Grant's monogram: "Reception to General U.S. Grant by the City of Philadelphia, at the Academy of Fine Arts, Saturday evening, December 20th 1879, from 5 to 9. Admit one Gentleman and Lady." 2x3 3/4 inches. 1879.
