WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN Autograph Letter Signed WT Sherman

Sale 2492 - Lot 75

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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400

WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN. Autograph Letter Signed, "W.T. Sherman," to Captain Christopher Q. Tompkins, reporting that a mill capable of grinding sufficient wheat and corn can be sent by the next ship, and conveying details of his departure. 1 page, 4to, pale blue paper; faint scattered staining, addressed on verso in his hand. Np, circa 1846

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"I send Captain Eaton about the Mill and learned that it could not be ready till next month--however I concluded to see the manufacturer himself and have just done so, and got of him a portable mill which will grind enough wheat or corn for our party, using the same power as our saw mill. . . . this mill . . . may be sent out if you deem proper by the next ship, but I have to see to the parts that are indispensable, with duplicates of the parts liable to breakage.

"All will be on board the Lexington Monday evening. . . ."

Beginning at the outbreak of the Mexican-American War in the spring of 1846, Christopher Q. Tompkins took command of Company F third artillery in the New York volunteers; his lieutenants included William T. Sherman and Henry W. Halleck.