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Auction: 317 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 1087

Post-Civil War: Wise, Henry A. U.S. Congressman, Governor of Virginia (1856-1860), Brigadier-General in the Confederate Army, promoted Major-General after the Battle of Sayler's Creek, was with Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Appomattox Court House. Autograph Letter Signed "Henry A. Wise". Four pages on a folded 8 x 10 pale gray sheet of paper, Richmond, Va Oct. 12th, 1865. The letter is concerned with the warhorse of David, the brother of the letter's recipient (Wise's "Dear Young Friend"), and a visit to the "Good Mother" of the same; Wise's being taken ill on his trip; Col. Fleet and other officers and privates coming to "tender" Wise, the management of the mother's estate and sale of 200 acres of timber to be cleared in two years, and sold at very high prices to help rebuild Richmond. A few small rents, Wise's writing while clear is somewhat difficult to decipher, Very Good.

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