LT. GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 12/14/1849 - HFSID 131638
Sale Price $1,195.00
Reg. $1,400.00
WINFIELD SCOTT
One of the finest military leaders the U.S. has produced pens a letter
regarding the sale of pews and other articles left behind in his home
Autograph Letter Signed: "Winfield Scott", 4p, 3½x5½ (conjoining
leaves). New York, 1849 December 14. To Captain E. D. Townshend. In
full: "I have just received your note of yesterday & return you my
thanks for the trouble you have had on the subject of the pews. After writing to
you, the other day, I learned from Colo. Freeman, that you have advertised the
pews & I am sure that you have done everything for the best. It only remains
to be helped that you may soon obtain a purchaser for the inner pew. I left in
my late residence at Washington several articles which I wished sold. My friend
Mrs. Ulrich disposed of a grate, for as I understood, from Sergeant Olive-$15.
There was also, a hall stove, with it fifes & drums. Mrs. U. caused the
stove to be taken to her house. I asked Sergt. Olive to get Dyer, the
auctioneer, to send for it in order to a sale. There were further left in the
house, some pieces of oil, floor cloth, in the two entries. Olive promised that
he would under the directions of Mrs. Ulrich, try & get something for those
articles. May I beg you to gather up the small items, by the aid of the
Sergeant, which may have been rec'd for me. I put under cover a receipt for the
money on acct of the outer pew. If the paper be not sufficient, I will give any
other that may be required. Be sure before making a remittance to deduct all
cost & charges. With my best respects & regards to the ladies. I remain
very truly yrs." General Scott (1786-1866) rose to Major General in the War
of 1812. During the Mexican War, he captured Vera Cruz, defeated the Mexicans at
Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Churubusco, Molino del Rey and Chapultepec and occupied
Mexico City. He was General in Chief of the U.S. Army from 1841-1861. The
last presidential nominee of the Whig Party, "old Fuss n' Feathers" lost the
election of 1852 to Democrat Franklin Pierce. Scott deserves to be
recognized as one of the finest military leaders the U.S. has produced. His
campaign from the coast to Mexico City, against a foe more skilled and
tenacious than is generally recalled today, was bold, and brilliantly
executed. The "Anaconda Plan" he proposed to President Lincoln in
1861, calling for a blockade of southern ports coordinated with a combined
army/navy push down the Mississippi River to cut the Confederacy in half,
provided the framework for ultimate Union victory. Fine
condition.
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