?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
SUMNER, CHARLES. Autograph Letter Signed, to Secretary of War Simon Cameron, recommending that Mr. [William E.] Blaisdell be given a commission as Lieutenant in the Army adding, in a postscript, that "Mr. Blaisdell is the celebrated Sergeant Blaisdell of the Meixcan War. His acknowledged military talents ought now to be secured." 2 1/2 pages, 8vo, written on a single folded sheet; minor bleed-through affecting text from docketing on terminal page. (AKF) Boston, 28 April 1861
