Monday, July 23, 2012

RR Autograph Auctions Cole Younger State of Minnesota Executive Department letterhead


ALS, one page, 8.25 x 11, State of Minnesota Executive Department letterhead, circa April 23, 1898. Short note to his friend Cora McNeill on the bottom of a typed letter he has received in the state prison in Stillwater, Minnesota, from Minnesota Governor David M. Clough. Clough’s letter, dated April 23, 1898, reads, in full: “I am in receipt of your letter of the 20th inst., expressing your desire to fight for your country in the event of war with Spain. Your request will be given careful consideration.” At the bottom, Younger writes: “Cora you can keep this for me and rest assured if I get to go to Cuba I will win as many honors as any one of my rank or get killed on some battlefield trying.” In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, uniform toning, a few spots of foxing, and some scattered light creases.

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