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Auction: 316 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 1165

Addressed to Custer´s Brother. Custer, George Armstrong. Two envelopes addressed by Custer to his brother, Colonel Tom Custer; all in General Custer´s hand. The return address on both is the Hotel Brunswick, New York. Both with "Col Tom Custer / Fort Lincoln / Dakota" as the recipient, written in General Custer´s distinctive hand. Both with the right end of the envelopes ripped off, and both are somewhat tattered and stained. A two-time recipient of the Medal of Honor, Tom died along with the General in the Battle of the Little Big Horn.[2]

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