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Winfield Scott

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Winfield Scott

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Auction Date:2011 Oct 12 @ 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
ALS signed “W. S.,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, no date. Short letter to a newspaper. In full: “Lt, Gen’l S. requests the insertion of the written card in the Herald once. He would send the cost if he knew the amt. Please charge West Point. I buy the Herald daily.” On the reverse, Scott has written the copy for the announcement he wants placed in the Herald. It reads, “Lieut. Genl Scott, Once more begs the forbearance of autograph collectors. He can read but few, & cannot answer a tenth of their applications. In future, he hopes to offend less by invariable silence. June 1865.” In very good condition, with scattered toning and soiling, mounting remnant along bottom of letter side, several blue pencil notations and lines to announcement side, and light show-through from text on reverse. An interesting example of Scott’s post-war popularity, which he obviously struggled with.