2005-03
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/28/2005
Autograph Letter Signed "William", 4 pages, quarto, June 25, 1856, San Antonio, Texas to John B. Robertson, Amherst County, Virginia. William Robertson, a soldier in transit to the Plains, tells his brother back home of San Antonio's efforts to rid itself of lawlessness. His letter reads in part: "...I suppose you have seen some accounts in the papers of the fights & disturbances in this city during the past few weeks. Some short time before I came here there was an organized body of horse thieves & cattle thieves extending over a large portion of West Texas, & having San Antonio for their head-quarters...A Vigilance Committee was organized in this place, who took the matter in hand...8 or 10 have been hung...Some few days before my arrival there was a desperate fight here with some four or five gamblers & the Committee, in which three or four men were killed, & several wounded...there is now probably as little fighting and gambling carried on here as in most western cities...". With cover bearing San Antonio postmark. Overall Fine condition.
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