CIVIL WAR ERA LETTERS 100+ SIGNATURES GENERALS/SURGEONS LETTERS RECOMMENDING WM WHITE MD CIVIL WAR APOTHECARY Start Price USD 3,095.00 Current Price USD 3,095.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 6,499.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, August 20, 2008 End Time Saturday, August 30, 2008 Location Jacksonville, IL See more about 'CIVIL WAR ERA LETTERS 100+ SIGNATURES GENERALS/SURGEONS' Description ONE OF A KIND ASSORTMENT OF CIVIL WAR ERA LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FOR WILLIAM WHITE M D  CHIEF APOTHECARY IN WASHINGTON D C DURING THE CIVIL WAR   THESE ARE ORIGINAL LETTERS AND SIGNATURES   WM WHITE PUT THEM IN A BOOK THERE IS SOME TAPING SOME LIGHT STAINING ON SOME DOCUMENTS OVERALL CONDITION IS GOOD OVER 100 TOTAL SIGNATURES INCLUDING:  HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM GEN US GRANT DATE DEC 31, 1866 (THIS LETTER IS COVERED BY SOME TYPE OF PROTECTIVE TAPE I'M NOT SURE IF IT CAN BE REMOVED, IT OBSCURES THE LETTER SOMEWHAT, BUT STILL QUITE LEGIBLE)     LETTERS FROM THADDEUS STEVENS, NOTED ANTI-SLAVERY REPUBLICAN SENATOR    LETTER ON SURGEON GEN LETTERHEAD FROM CHARLES CRANE ASST SURG GEN FEB 7,1868  HE WAS ONE OF THE PHYSICIANS THAT ATTENDED TO LINCOLN FOR HE WAS SHOT    A TELEGRAPH NOTE FROM C S TRIPLER US SURGEON DATED OCT 11, 1861  TO WM WHITE TELLING HIM "COME HERE IMMEDIATELY, I HAVE EMPLOYMENT FOR YOU" SIGNED BY TRIPLER    TRIPLER CO-WROTE SEVERAL FIELD MANUALS FOR BATTELFIELD SURGERY; HE DESIGNED THE FIRST FOUR WHEEL AMBULANCE CART ADOPTED BY THE ARMY IN 1858   HE WAS VP OF AM MED ASSOC IN 1880'S   I HAVE TWO LETTERS ON EXECUTIVE MANSION LETTERHEAD SIGNED BY ROBERT M DOUGLAS  HE WAS PRESIDENT GRANT'S PERSONAL SECRETARY WHEN LETTERS WERE WRITTEN IN 1873  HE IS THE SON OF SEN STEPHEN DOUGLAS  HE SERVED AS US MARSHALL OF N CAROLINA IN 1880'S AND LATTER ON THE NORTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT   THERE ARE 5 LETTERS WRITTEN BY BASIL NORRIS  HE WAS THE PRIMARY PHYSICIAN TO TWO PRESIDENT'S, ANDREW JOHNSON AND U S GRANT   HE WAS A CONSULTING PHYSICIAN AFTER MCKINLEY'S ASSASINATION   I HAVE TWO LETTERS WRITTEN BY MAJ GEN DAVID HUNTER, BEST KNOWN FOR ISSUING ORDER EMANCIPATING SLAVES OF 3 SOUTHERN STATES IN 1862, LINCOLN IMMEDIATELY RESCINDED THE ORDER       THERE ARE SIGNATURES FROM MANY CIVIL WAR GENERALS INCLUDING:  LORENZO THOMAS, J J DANA, C W THOMAS, GEN PELOZE, JAMES RICKETTS X 2, A A HUMPHRIES X 2, D H RUCKER X 2, N W BROWN, D B MCKIBBIN, RUFUS INGALLS, JAMES HARDIE X 2, A E SHIRAS, THOMAS E SMITH, JAMES A PARKE,WOGER SWAYNE, ORLANDO POE,  O E BABCOCK, J H EATON, M SCOTT KETCHUM, E G BECKWITH, GEORGE RUGGLES, C MCKEEVER, S S CARROLL X 2, C B COMSTOCK         OTHER NOTABLE SIGNATURES INCLUDE: PROFESSOR J CARSON UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA (PHARMACY) I HAVE SEVERAL LETTERS FROM CARSON AND ONE FROM PROFESSOR FRAZER OF UNIV OF PENN, ALSO THOMAS BARR JUDGE ADVOCATE, HENRY GOODFELLOW JUDGE ADVOCATE, D G SWAIN, R MURRAY SURG GEN RETIRED 1886 ON OFFICE OF ATTENDING SURGEON US ARMY LETTERHEAD  H CROSBY CHIEF CLERK OF WAR DEPT, THERE MANY OTHER LETTERS AND SIGNATURES MANY I STILL HAVE NOT DISCOVERED WHO THEY ARE      MESSAGE ME WITH QUESTION OR MESSAGE ME AND I WILL GIVE YOU MY CELL NUMBER FOR A MORE IN DEPTH DESCRIPTION      THIS IS A GREAT FIND   I BOUGHT IT AT A LOCAL AUCTION HERE IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND WOULD LIKE TO PASS IT ON TO SOMEONE WHO WILL CARE FOR THIS GREAT PIECE OF CIVIL WAR HISTORY, ESPECIALLY FROM THE GROWING FIELD OF CIVIL WAR MEDICAL HISTORY    ALSO HAVE A LETTER IN ENVELOPE AUG 23 1898 FROM LAW OFFICES OF LEONARD MYERS A  PHILADELPHIA LAWYER AND FORMER CONGRESSMAN TO BOIES PENROSE LEADING REPUBLICAN SENATOR FROM PENNSYLVANIA  IN IT MYERS RECALLS WHITE'S SERVICE IN WAR AND FOR 30 YEARS AFTER  HE IS ASKING FOR HELP FOR WHITE TO GET HIS FULL MILITARY PENSION  AT THE END MYERS INTERESTINGLY STATES HOW WHITE "MAINTAINED HIS PHILLY RESIDENCY ALL THESE YEARS AND ALWAYS REMEMBERED HIS DUTY TO VOTE AT ELECTIONS"  HE ADDS "THAT HE HAS BEEN AN EARNEST REPUBLICAN IS PERHAPS ALREADY KNOWN TO YOU"   VERY COOL NOTE!!!!   YOU LIKELY NEVER FIND SO MANY CIVIL WAR GENERAL SIGNATURES IN ONE COLLECTION   ALSO MANY IMPORTANT CIVIL WAR SURGEONS AND DOCTORS AND A SPRINKLING OF POLITICIANS AND BUREAUCRATS  COULD ONLY PUT 12 PICTS ON   IF YOU NEED OTHERS, MESSAGE ME AND I'LL  SEND THEM TO YOU  LOTS OF PAGES THAT I HAVEN'T SHOWN IN PICTURES  THIS IS AN AMAZING COLLECTION OF LETTERS AND SIGNATURES  MESSAGE ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS THROUGH EBAY MESSAGES  I WILL GET TO YOU QUICKER THAT WAY    THANKS Place a Bid!