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Auction: 316 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 1156

Custer, George Armstrong. Five envelopes addressed to "Mrs. Genl GA Custer" in the General´s hand. Some have archivist´s notes in pencil indicating the date of the letters the envelopes once contained. These range from the end of October to November 1868, leading up to the Battle of Washita. One October and one November envelope have "Monroe Mich" crossed out and "Fort Leavenworth Kas" added. The right ends are torn away, but the Custer signatures are all complete. Please note that these are signed "Mrs. Genl GA Custer." Only about a dozen envelopes in the entire collection were written with "Mrs. Genl GA Custer" rather than "Mrs. Genl Custer."[5]

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