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Fri, Jul 11, 2014 06:30PM EDT - Sun, Jul 13, 2014 06:30PM EDT
Lot 414

Stonewall Jackson Civil War-Date

Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000

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Autograph Letter (Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, American Civil War Confederate General, 1824-1863), dated June 10, 1862, sent from Valley District Headquarters and addressed to John March of Winchester (Virginia), "...It has been called to my attention that men of my command have helped themselves to your flock of chickens...," signed "T.J. Jackson" as Major General, nine lines on one page, hand-written in brown ink on blue wove stationery; framed together with modern reprint of an 1863 portrait of General Jackson by William Garl Browne and a brief biography, 6-1/2 x 5-3/4 in. (letter page); 34 x 23 in. (frame); modern wood frame, letter tacked to mount at corners, not examined verso, toning, scattered foxing, fading, creases, smudges, handling grime; modern print and biography in good condition; frame with abrasions. Provenance: Private Collection

Condition

letter tacked to mount at corners, not examined verso, toning, scattered foxing, fading, creases, smudges, handling grime; modern print and biography in good condition; frame with abrasions

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