Auction Date:2011 Nov 09 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : 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
War-dated endorsement, signed “U. S. Grant,” on the reverse of a one-page lightly-lined letter to General N. B. Baker from a Captain of the Iowa Infantry. Letter to Baker is for the recommendation of promotion for Sergeant Oliver F. Howard to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant of Company C., with the Captain adding, “I certify that the person above recommended does not use intoxicating liquors to such an extent as to interfere with his duties as an officer or set a bad example to those under his command.” The reverse bears several endorsements regarding the matter, with Grant’s endorsement, in a secretarial hand, dated March 23, 1863, reading, “Respectfully forwarded to His H. J. Kirkwood, Governor of the State of Iowa.” Scattered light toning and soiling, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned CDV of Grant. Grant’s forwarding of Howard’s recommendation for promotion from 2nd Sergeant, an enlisted rank, to be 2nd Lieutenant, an officer, is very interesting since Capt. Clune, in his letter, admits that Howard drank intoxicating liquors, but certifies that Howard “does not use intoxicating liquors to such an extent as to interfere with his duties as an Officer or set a bad example to those under his command.” A most ironic scenario, since rumors of drunkenness while on command haunted Grant himself throughout his career, and while historians may disagree on the factuality of rumors, they remain a part of Grant’s reputation.
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