LS signed “W. T. Sherman,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10, New York, December 4, 1889. Letter to Robert Underwood Johnson, associate editor of The Century Magazine. In part: “So great have been the demands of relic-seekers that though I thought I had been spared a copy of a daguerreotype of the period you mention, I find that even that has disappeared—indeed I doubt if even an Army button worn at any time during my life can to-day be found amongst my possessions.” Small tape-repaired separations to mailing folds and light overall creases, otherwise fine condition. The insatiable desire of the American public to acquire Civil War relics began during the war itself—battlefields were swarmed while the dead were still warm to collect relics of the fight. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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