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Lot 434
Sale 654 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
May 1, 2019
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POLK, Sarah Childress (1803-1891), First Lady. Autograph letter signed ("Mrs James K. Polk"), Polk Place, Nashville, TN. To General Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, 12 February 1856.
1 page, 4to, marginal ink stain, minor edge flaws. "I am informed that Col. Fauntleroy of the U. S. A. will be presented to the President for promotion. Col. Fauntleroy's long services for his country & his late efficient & gallant services in New Mexico will commend him to the President."
Fauntleroy campaigned against the Utes in the Rocky Mountains in the winter of 1854-1855. From 1859-1861, Col. Fauntleroy commanded the Department of New Mexico.