ALS signed “W. T. Sherman Lt. Genl.,” one page, 5 x 8, February 12, 1868. Sherman writes to the Revd. Wm. G. Elliott in St. Louis. In part: “Revd. Mr. Tencke, Chaplain to Queen Victoria, comes to me highly commended, and seeks information as to our national school and collegiate system. I know no one so well qualified as you are on these points, and I take the liberty to ask you to receive Mr. Tencke….” Accompanied by a period portrait engraving. In very good condition, with soiling and wrinkling. RRAuction COA.
