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PATTON, George S. General. Autograph letter signed ("Geo. S. Patton Jr") to "Mommie," San Gabriel, CA, [May 1893]. 1 page, 8vo, on lined paper, minor tear, original envelope, in pencil.
"OLD BLOOD AND GUTS," AGE EIGHT. The earliest known letter from the future general. Patton, later assigned to the cavalry, commanded tanks in World War I and in World War II became one of the finest practitioners of mobile tank warfare. Fittingly, the eight-year-old writes about a horse, from the family home in San Gabriel, California, to his mother, who is traveling in the East: "My pony has a cold. He is black. Are you well. Why do you not write to me? Victor and I send kisses." An enthusiastic horseman from an early age, Patton served with the 3rd Cavalry at Fort Meyer, Virginia for twenty years.
"OLD BLOOD AND GUTS," AGE EIGHT. The earliest known letter from the future general. Patton, later assigned to the cavalry, commanded tanks in World War I and in World War II became one of the finest practitioners of mobile tank warfare. Fittingly, the eight-year-old writes about a horse, from the family home in San Gabriel, California, to his mother, who is traveling in the East: "My pony has a cold. He is black. Are you well. Why do you not write to me? Victor and I send kisses." An enthusiastic horseman from an early age, Patton served with the 3rd Cavalry at Fort Meyer, Virginia for twenty years.