ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 7.75, October 6, 1866. Handwritten letter to a major, in full: "Please go to the 1st National Bank, over Jay Cook's Banking House, and take up a note against me due to-day. The enclosed check probably falls short a few dollars of paying it but please make up the balance and I will return it." Mounted, matted, and framed to an overall size of 16.5 x 14.5. In fine condition, with some fingerprint smudges to the bottom edge.
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