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Grab Bag of Letters and Postal History Covers

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Grab Bag of Letters and Postal History Covers
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!7 pieces all together. Letters with covers: 1) 1848. From E. D. Keys at West Point with a '5'. Sent to the Schuylkill Arsenal in Philadelphia most probably. About deeds to land in Missouri. George Hampden Crosman a career officer in the Regular Army of the United States who served primarily with the Quartermaster Corps.After graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1823, Crosman served at various army posts in the Midwestern United States during the 1820s and 1830s. He was among the first army officers to propose the establishment of a U.S. Camel Corps to better transport supplies. As an officer in the Quartermaster Corps, he played a notable role in the Second Seminole War, the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. During the Civil War, he rose to the rank of brevet major general and held a number of important posts in the Quartermaster Corps, most notably as quartermaster of the Schuylkill Arsenal in Philadelphia, the army's largest supply depot of that era. 2) 1849. Includes red Burlington, Vermont postmark and a '5.' 3) 1888. Three letters from Santa Cruz to Oakland. Wife lamenting he husband is gone.



Letters without covers: 1) 1864. Dansville, New York. Will get out of the draft as he has tubercles on the lungs. In Dansville as he thinks the Water Cure is the best for him. 2) 1860. Heading West again. 3) 1861. Blossdale, New York. My oldest sister's son has enlisted in the defense of our union, and gone to Elmira. He is young and has left a beautiful young wife in tears. 4) 1860. Chicago. From a teacher. 5) 1853. New York. Lengthy letter about death of father and dealing with estate. Seven additional pieces of ephemera.

Date: Location: HWAC # 55006