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Lot: 1186

Sickles, Daniel E. US politician and Civil War general; US Senator from NY; made headlines by killing Philip Key, son of Francis Scott key, and was acquitted due to temporary insanity, the first to make that defense. His signature "D.E. Sickles / Gmg. Gen´l" on 8vo sheet with mourning borders, Citadel, Charleston, 1867. VG. Estimate US$ 30-40

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