Sold for:
$281
$281
Autographed letter signed ("Julia D. Grant"), two pages, on personal letterhead, Washington, D.C., October 17, 1872. Mrs. Grant writes to her good friend, and the wife of the prominent George William Childs. The "Lieutenant" she refers to is her oldest son, Frederick Dent Grant, recently graduated from West Point. Long Branch, on the Atlantic Ocean, in east central New Jersey was the site of the Grant family summer residence. Framed and matted in a double window frame with portraits of Ulysses and Julia Grant and a transcription of the letter. Size of sheet 8 x 5 inches.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2013-11-06
