SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH, Major General, U.S. Army. Photograph signed, "W.T. Sherman" General," n.d., 165 x 107mm. (6 1/2 x 4 1/4in.), including mount, signed in ink on lower portion of mount. Brady imprint on mount and on verso, with envelope in which it was mailed to its original owner, D.R. Martin of New York. A fine war-date portrait of Sherman, seated, looking slightly to his left, in his military tunic with three-star shoulder patch. [with] A printed facsimile of a letter from various eminent New Yorkers and others, to W.T. Sherman, 3 March 1869, asking to present a testimonial to him; and 2) A printed facsimile of Sherman's reply to the preceding, 7 March 1869, elegantly expressing his gratitude; and 3) Printed list of the subscribers to the testominal fund for W.T. Sherman, New York, 10 May 1869, One page, folio, including James Lenox, W.H. Vanderbilt, Hamilton Fish, B.H. Hutton, W.B. Astor, J. Pierpont Morgan and D.R. Martin as contributors to the fund, which totalled $102,750.; and 4) Printed invitation to meet W.T. Sherman in New York, 17 May [1869], at the home of the fund's treasurer.Provenance:George R. Martin, who was commissioned by Lincoln on 30 June 1864 Assistant Paymaster of the Navy [(for his appointment, see lot ). (5)

SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH, Major General, U.S. Army. Photograph signed, "W.T. Sherman" General," n.d., 165 x 107mm. (6 1/2 x 4 1/4in.), including mount, signed in ink on lower portion of mount. Brady imprint on mount and on verso, with envelope in which it was mailed to its original owner, D.R. Martin of New York. A fine war-date portrait of Sherman, seated, looking slightly to his left, in his military tunic with three-star shoulder patch. [with] A printed facsimile of a letter from various eminent New Yorkers and others, to W.T. Sherman, 3 March 1869, asking to present a testimonial to him; and 2) A printed facsimile of Sherman's reply to the preceding, 7 March 1869, elegantly expressing his gratitude; and 3) Printed list of the subscribers to the testominal fund for W.T. Sherman, New York, 10 May 1869, One page, folio, including James Lenox, W.H. Vanderbilt, Hamilton Fish, B.H. Hutton, W.B. Astor, J. Pierpont Morgan and D.R. Martin as contributors to the fund, which totalled $102,750.; and 4) Printed invitation to meet W.T. Sherman in New York, 17 May [1869], at the home of the fund's treasurer. Provenance: George R. Martin, who was commissioned by Lincoln on 30 June 1864 Assistant Paymaster of the Navy [(for his appointment, see lot ). (5)

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SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH, Major General, U.S. Army. Photograph signed, "W.T. Sherman" General," n.d., 165 x 107mm. (6 1/2 x 4 1/4in.), including mount, signed in ink on lower portion of mount. Brady imprint on mount and on verso, with envelope in which it was mailed to its original owner, D.R. Martin of New York. A fine war-date portrait of Sherman, seated, looking slightly to his left, in his military tunic with three-star shoulder patch. [with] A printed facsimile of a letter from various eminent New Yorkers and others, to W.T. Sherman, 3 March 1869, asking to present a testimonial to him; and 2) A printed facsimile of Sherman's reply to the preceding, 7 March 1869, elegantly expressing his gratitude; and 3) Printed list of the subscribers to the testominal fund for W.T. Sherman, New York, 10 May 1869, One page, folio, including James Lenox, W.H. Vanderbilt, Hamilton Fish, B.H. Hutton, W.B. Astor, J. Pierpont Morgan and D.R. Martin as contributors to the fund, which totalled $102,750.; and 4) Printed invitation to meet W.T. Sherman in New York, 17 May [1869], at the home of the fund's treasurer.

Provenance:
George R. Martin, who was commissioned by Lincoln on 30 June 1864 Assistant Paymaster of the Navy [(for his appointment, see lot ). (5)