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440. Robert Anderson Autograph Letter Signed. Union general
(1805-1871) in command of Fort Sumter who refused a formal demand for his surrender, leading to the bombardment of the fort and start of the Civil War. Civil War-dated ALS, one page, 3.75 x 6, January 18, 1862. Handwritten letter to A. T. Goodman of Cleveland, in full: “The four letters, you mention in your note of the 15th inst., as having been written, requesting my autograph, were never received.” In fine condition, with light soiling. Starting Bid $200
Rare 40˝ Confederate Signal Corps brass telescope 441. Confederate Signal Corps Telescope. Exceedingly rare Confederate Army Signal Corps four-tiered brass-bodied telescope, measuring 40˝ long at full extension with a 2.5˝ diameter objective lens, engraved near the eyepiece, “Signal Corps, C. S. A., No. 15,” and “Negretti & Zambra, Instrument Makers to Her Majesty, London.” In very good condition, with general wear from use, a cracked objective lens, various dents and dings, and some tarnishing. In 1864, the Confederate government contracted with well-known Negretti & Zambra to provide twenty-five telescopes to the Signal Corps. These were extremely high quality optical instruments for their time, providing an approximately 40x magnification with a range of fifteen miles. Very few of these Signal Corps telescopes are known extant and such instruments are of the utmost desirability. Starting Bid $300
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