July 14th, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/14/2011
War-date Union soldier’s Autograph Letter Signed by C.P. Goodrich, 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, 4pp. folio, Camp Benton, Missouri, April 4, 1862, and reads in part: “...just as I have seated myself to write and have fairly commenced, in comes a man with a monkey dressed up in a soldier’s uniform and he, the monkey, not the man, is cutting up the most fantastic monkeyshines that I ever saw peformed by any animal, either biped or quadruped. He churns butter, plays the fiddle, exercises with the saber and so on. A great crowd is collected around him in which is produced unbounded merriment. He stops occasionally and in a most comical manner passes around his cap for money and the small change is thrown in, in considerable quantities. But now mind, the monkey - the two companions - the man & monkey, I mean, the latter of which displays much the most intelligence, are moving away and will go to another company to pick from the soldiers the small change which they, at present, have plenty of; and the crowd are following them, so that now while I am comparatively alone - that is with not more than 15 or 20 talking, laughing, singing, & dancing in the same room with me - I will pitch in, and write as fast as I can...Enclosed I send you my likeness [not present]...Here comes a man peddling cases for ambrotype pictures. He sells common ones at a dollar a piece...Next comes a man selling Bowie knives, suspenders and lockets...” More. Fine condition.
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