Auction Date:2010 May 20 @ 05:00 (UTC-7 : PDT/MST)
Location:11901 Santa Monica Blvd. #555, Los Angeles, California, 90025, United States
Autograph letter signed by Ulysses S. Grant as General in Chief of the U.S. Armies. Important letter datelined City Point, Virginia, 19 January 1865 instructs General Edward O.C. Ord to appoint a Commission to investigate the controversial ''Norfolk trade'' where officers under General Dix were illegally selling trade permits on the blockaded port. On Headquarters Armies of the United States letterhead, it reads in full: ''General, your private note of this date is rec'd. I think your suggestion to appoint a Commission to investigate into the Norfolk trade matter a good one. I could not suggest better names for the Permission than those named by you. Go on with it and lose no time in having the Commission commence its work. Very respectfully / U.S. Grant.'' 2pp. letter measures 5'' x 8''. Written neatly in slightly faded black ink. Framed to a size of 10.75'' x 22'', with second page directly under the first. Tape markings to bottom of first page and top of second. Letter possibly mounted to board within frame. Overall very good condition.
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11901 Santa Monica Blvd. #555, Los Angeles, California, 90025, United States
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