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1879 LETTER TO GEN. PHIL SHERIDAN CONCERNING "US"

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
1879 LETTER TO GEN. PHIL SHERIDAN CONCERNING  US
BRANDED HORSE CAPTURED BY INDIANS AT BATTLE OF LITTLE BIG HORN. Most interesting 2 page letter plus endorsements written by the Adjutant General of the United States E.D. Townsend to Sheridan, signed off by General Alfred Terry allowing Major James M. Walsh in the Canadian Northwest Mounted Police to retain US property. Major Walsh became friends with Sitting Bull subsequent to Sitting Bull bringing his 5,000 men into Canada after he had annihilated Custer. Major Walsh was a colorful & well known figure in Canadian western history. CONDITION: very good, starting at folds. PROVENANCE: Martin Lane Historic & Western Americana Lifetime Collection. (02-22023/JS). $400-600.