Nov 13, 2003 - Sale 1985

Sale 1985 - Lot 53

Price Realized: $ 1,265
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
HUNTINGTON, COLLIS P. Autograph Letter Signed, to his uncle, sending him a newspaper clipping from a Milwaukee newspaper [present, attached to the letter] containing a letter to the New York Chamber of Commerce, discussing the costs of transporting wheat, a proposed canal from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi, and Hooker's defeat. 4 pages, folded 4to sheet; usual folds. Milwaukee, 16 May 1863

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Huntington (1821-1900) capitalist and railroad magnate, founder of the Central Pacific Railroad. Autograph Letters Signed by Huntington are uncommon.