February 13th 2025 Auction
Letter from Union General Carl Schurz, A.L.S. 1p. 8vo,. New York, Jan. 10, 1876, Short letter, written in English to "Nordhoff", possibly journalist Charles Nordhoff. Schurz inquires, "What has become of your interesting and valuable book on the South which was to be out long before this time?" Charles Nordhoff wrote "The Cotton States in Spring and Summer of 1875", published in 1876. Small tears at corners, and creases from being folded in three, otherwise fine condition.
Carl Schurz (March 2, 1829 – May 14, 1906) was a German revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer. He migrated to the United States after the German revolutions of 1848–1849 and became a prominent member of the new Republican Party. After serving as a Union general in the American Civil War, he helped found the short-lived Liberal Republican Party and became a prominent advocate of civil service reform. Schurz represented Missouri in the United States Senate and was the 13th United States Secretary of the Interior.
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