Auction Date:2013 Dec 11 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Union officer (1838–1894) on the staff of Major General McClellan, and a claimant to the French throne from 1848 until his death. Seven ALSs related to his History of the Civil War written to Philadelphia publisher Porter and Coates, totaling 17 pages, dated between June 1875 and July 1894. The first, dated June 1875, in part: “My History of the Civil War in America…has been written rather for the instruction of the European public than for transatlantic readers to whom every incident of the war is already familiar…I have tried to make Europe understand the magnitude of the strife which divided the New World, the extent of the sacrifices borne by the American people and the heroism displayed by both sides on the bloody fields of battle. I shall be proud…to perpetuate the memory of that heroism and the glory of the American soldier, without distinction between the blue and grey coats.” The second, dated November 1875, in part: “Since the two first volumes...have been published, several mistakes,...have been pointed out to me. I have corrected these errors in my copy in view of a second edition.” The other letters continue to comment on research and revisions for future editions of the voluminous work. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by letters from G. W. McCrary and Daniel Sickles related to d’Orleans’s History. Additional excerpts are available online at rrauction.com. A fantastic assemblage of letters detailing the lengthy process of writing and editing the History of the Civil War in America, which today is considered a standard reference work.
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