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SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH. Autograph Letter Signed, "W.T. Sherman," to the Editor of Brooklyn Magazine [Edward W. Bok],
Estimate:
$300 - $400
Sold
$313
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Description: SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH. Autograph Letter Signed, "W.T. Sherman," to the Editor of Brooklyn Magazine [Edward W. Bok], declining to "bear witness" regarding a preacher, "Mr. Talmadge" [Thomas De Witt Talmage?]. 1½ pages, 8vo, personal stationery, ruled paper, with integral blank; folds. - St. Louis, 24 November 1884
Footnote: ". . . [I]t surely will be most grateful [sic] to Mr. Talmadge to peruse the tribute you intend for him. I have never heard him preach a sermon, nor have I ever to my knowledge been in his Church. I have met him socially, and heard him speak on such occasions. I am sure he is an earnest and most enthusiastic preacher . . . ."