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Lot 566
Sale 5213 - Rare Books and Manuscripts
Apr 4, 2013
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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1 piece. 1 piece.
Autograph Letter Signed. Davis, Jefferson. N.p., Nov. 1, [18]62. 1p, 4to; light creasing along old folds on blue paper. To Louis Wigfall, soliciting his advice promoting Col. Robinson or other Texas Brigade Colonels to the rank of Brigader General. Framed with engraved portrait.
Wigfall, Louis (1816-1874); Confederate & U.S. Senator from Texas, Brigader General of the Confederate "Texas Brigade", to Feb., 1862.
Property of the American Song Book vocalist Peggy King, purchase with the advice of her friend Carl Sandburg.
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