[CIVIL WAR]
Group of ten signed items from Civil War era figures. Comprising: CAMERON, SIMON. Autograph note to war hero David McCreary, 1879, regarding his commission as Brigadier General "I hope you long live to enjoy this and many other honors; GREELEY, HORACE. Autograph letter signed, 1863, on Tribune stationery to Union General Meigs, seeking an honorable discharge for a captain who has lost his eye at Antietam, with a CDV portrait of Greeley; HAYES, ISAAC ISRAEL (also Arctic Explorer). Autograph note signed, n.d., seeking money from a Mr. Henry, minor offset from folding while wet; HAYNE, PAUL HAMILTON. Autograph letter with stanza, 1882, with quotation from A Summer Mood; FOOTE, A.H., Admiral. Autograph note signed, 1862, reporting an "avalanche of letters" and apologizing for the "appearance of my chirography"; CHASE, SALMON P. Brief note, 1872, reporting "Gen. Sherman will soon be at home & presumably will give you his autograph", toned; HOWARD, OLIVER OTIS. Autograph note signed to Maine Congressman John Lynch, on "Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands" stationery, a letter of introduction; SCHOFIELD, JOHN MCALLISTER. Autograph letter signed, 1887, on "Division of the Atlantic" stationery, an interesting letter to Edward W. Bok, publisher of Henry Ward Beecher regarding the great abolitionist ("In him, great intellectual endowment was most happily united with nobleness of soul"); SPINNER, FRANCIS E. Letter signed, 1866, on "Treasury of the United States" stationery, regarding his efforts on behalf of a fired colleague, the letter with Spinner's distinctive signature and possibly autograph; and GROVER, A.J. An observant 1864 letter regarding the presidential election and commenting on alcohol consumption among candidates.