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Six Missouri Confederates

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Six Missouri Confederates
<B>Six Missouri Confederates.</B></I> Group of seven signatures representing six officers from Missouri. Included are:<BR><B>John B. Clark, Jr.</B></I>- clipped signature, very fine condition.<BR><B>John B. Clark, Jr.</B></I>- signature card, some soiling, fine condition.<BR><B>John S. Marmaduke.</B></I>- clipped signature, very fine condition. Marmaduke later become Governor of Missouri and to this day one can hear "Marmaduke's Hornpipe" played by Missouri fiddlers,<BR><B>Sterling Price</B></I>- ANS, 1847, a few stains not affecting signature, fine condition.<BR><B>Joseph Shelby</B></I>- ALS, one page, Adrian, Missouri, July 10, 1882, to General Henry M. Gist, fine condition. "Jo" Shelby was, surprisingly, a U.S. Marshall during his later years. In 1865 he had refused to surrender, fleeing to Mexico with Price and other diehard Confederates.<BR><B>Alexander E. Steen</B></I>- Small albumen print, 2.25" x 4", signed on the verso. One corner clipped, some soiling, else very good condition. Steen was killed at Kane Hill, Arkansas on November 27, 1862.<BR><B>M. Jeff Thompson</B></I>- signature card, 1871. Very fine condition. Thompson, the "Missouri Swamp Fox", was the bane of Federals in Southeast Missouri.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Small Flat (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>) <BR><BR><B>Important noti
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