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Fremont, John C. - LS As Maj. Gen. Commdy West. Dept.

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Fremont, John C. - LS As Maj. Gen. Commdy West. Dept.
<Our item number 112096><B>Frémont, John C.</B> Letter Signed &#34;<I>J.C. Fremont / Maj. Genl Commdy</I>,&#34; one page plus integral leaf with docket, 10&#34; x 7 ¾&#34;, Headquarters Western Department, Camp Lily [the name of Fremont’s daughter], Jefferson City, 30 Sept. 1861. Fine. To Col. John T. Fiala in St. Louis: &#34;<I>I herewith enclose an order to Major F. Kappner</I> [not present] <I>which you will deliver to him as soon as you think it advisable, to transfer his services to this city for a few days</I>.&#34;<BR><BR>As Frémont issues this order, he is busily evading President Lincoln&#39;s order to turn over his command to David Hunter. After Frémont refused to revoke his Missouri Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln sent Simon Cameron to St. Louis with the first order. Frêmont asked for more time and sent his wife to Washington to plead his case. Lincoln then sent another order to General Curtis in St. Louis, with instructions not to deliver it if Frémon t had won a battle in the interim or was on the verge of doing so. Frémont, meanwhile, had posted guards to prevent any such order from getting through, but a captain disguised himself as a farmer and got through the guards, delivering it to Frémont on 2 November 1861. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;500-750. <BR><BR>Our item number 112096<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://64.60.141.195/photos/40jpegs/112096.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>