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Rare Signed Signature Card By CHRISTOPHER - KIT - CARSON

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:3,000.00 USD Estimated At:4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD
Rare Signed Signature Card By CHRISTOPHER - KIT - CARSON
Autographs
Christopher “Kit” Carson Famous American Frontiersman
CHRISTOPHER “KIT” CARSON (1809-1868). American Frontiersman, Trapper, Scout, Indian Agent and Folk Hero.
Rare Signature, “C Carson” beautifully penned, written in black ink upon a 3.5” x 2” Autograph Signature Card, Choice Crisp Extremely Fine. This Signed Card is fresh and clean having excellent overall eye appeal. It has been tipped on its blank reverse to a slightly larger white leaf for its preservation and display. This lot also includes a black and white 5” x 7” Reproduction Photograph of Kit Carson, obtained from the Library of Congress. Ideal for framing along with the signature. Exceedingly rare, a valuable and highly popular autograph. (2 items).
Cristopher “Kit” Carson. American Frontiersman, Trapper, Scout, Indian Agent and Folk Hero. After an early childhood in Boone’s Lick, on the Missouri frontier, he ran away from home, joining an expedition to Santa Fe, where he learned to trap for furs and fight Indians. In the 1840s, he served as a guide with John C. Fremont’s three expeditions to Oregon and California.

He became a national hero for his daring in several battles for the conquest of California. Returning to private life, Carson farmed and hearded sheep in Taos, and after 1853, served as a U.S. Indian agent to the Ute tribe. He served in the Mexican War, and fought for the Union in the Southwest during the Civil War. Brevetted Brigadier General of Volunteers for gallantry in the battle of Valverde and for distinguished service in New Mexico.

In 1866 he was named Commander of Fort Garland, Colorado, but was forced to resign the following year due to bad health. Mustered out November 22, 1867 and died May 23, 1868.