MAJOR GENERAL OLIVER O. HOWARD - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 02/24/1905 - HFSID 154766
Price: $400.00
OLIVER O. HOWARD
Oliver O. Howard sends a typed letter asking for a donation to the
Lincoln Memorial University.
Typed Letter Signed: "O.O. Howard," 1p, 8½x11. Burlington,
Vermont, 1905 February 24. As President of Lincoln Memorial University at
Cumberland Gap Tennessee. To Addison Allen, New York. In full: "I
am just making a strong effort to enlarge our endowment. Meanwhile, we will need
contributions to our Lincoln Memorial University, and if you can help us by any
amount, small or great for this academic year, it will make my heart glad. I
enclose a copy of Dr. Stooksbury's letter setting forth some of our present
needs. Permit me to subscribe myself with much esteem." Usual folds not near
signature. Fine condition. Included original typed mailing envelope
6½x3½, postmarked Burlington, Vermont, 1905 February 25. Lightly worn.
Fine condition. Oliver O. Howard, the commander of the Army of the Tennessee
in Sherman's march to the sea, lost his right arm at Fair Oaks and fought at
Gettysburg. After the war, he directed the Freedman's Bureau, where
he strongly advocated land and votes for former slaves.In 1867, he
founded and served as first President of Howard University (1869-1874).
He negotiated a peace agreement with Cochise's Chiricahua Apaches (1872) for
President Grant. From 1881-1882, Brigadier General Howard was Superintendent
at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Two
items.
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