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Various, 1955. Various. Very good. This archive consists of four items. All are in nice shape. 1) A post V-J Day letter from one of the song's authors, Sgt. Bert Gold, to Lt. Audie Murphy, the most decorated American soldier in history. It is datelined "Hqs Co, 22nd Rep. Dep./ APO 714 - San Fran / Manila, P.I. 22 Sept" and sent to Lt. Audie Murphy at Farmersville, Texas. The envelope is franked with a six-cent airmail stamp (Scott #C25) that was canceled with a machine U.S. Army Postal Service postmark dated "Sep 22 / 1945". When Gold penned this letter, he, along with all Americans, knew of Murphy's battlefield heroics although they had never met. At the time Murphy had been recently discharged. The letter reads in part: "You may have heard the enclosed song once or twice (!) which is a great honor I share with Ken Hart, formerly of the 1st Div. (I was with the 76th). [The "enclosed song" is not included in this lot.] "Because of what it means to some of you Rocks of the Marne, its still… Read More

"It is terrible to see the enemy so near that you see the blood lust in each other's eyes. I killed my Germans at Chateau Thierry."
Marne River and the Argonne Forest, 1918.
An amazing first-hand account by one soldier of heroism and bloody hand-to-hand fighting at the Marne River and in the Argonne Forest, two battles that turned the course of World War One.
This grouping consists of two combat letters, a French Croix de Guerre, and one newspaper clipping.
The earliest letter, dated July 25, consists of four pages and is enclosed in an envelope postmarked with an indistinct flag cancelation from APO 2 (Paris).
The second letter, written from a Base Hospital and dated 31 October 1918, has seven pages and is enclosed in an envelope, dated November 5, from APO 798 (Meaves-sur-Loire).
The Croix de Guerre has a bronze star affixed to its ribbon.
he newspaper clipping recounts Wild's action at the 2nd Battle of the Marne. Everything is in very nice shape except the envelopes which are worn and have… Read More

"Leap for Joy . . . Dr. Warren has closed the operation upon Phoebe's unfortunate swelling."
Boston, Massachusetts to Coventry Connecticut, 1799.
This one-page stampless folded letter measures approximately 12" x 7.5". It is datelined "Boston Feby March 6. 1799." It bears a straight-line "Boston" handstamp, circled "7 / MR" Boston postmark, and a manuscript "10" rate mark. Small sealing wax tear from when the letter was opened. In nice shape. A transcript will be provided.
In this letter Abbot describes Dr. John Warren's surgery to remove a precancerous tumor from his daughter. The letter reads in part:
"My dear brother & Sister Betty . . . you will leap for joy when I inform you that this moment Dr. Warren has closed the operation upon Phebe's unfortunate swelling. The time of her suffering was as follows. 9 min'ts in cutting, 14 in taking up the blood vessels, & 22 in Sponging, airing, & dressing the wound. Her conduct, her fortitude & composure were astonishing, & unequaled says the Doctr. It… Read More

1809. Unbound. Very good. This turned, two-page stampless folded letter, measuring 16" x 13" unfolded, was first sent by Moses Rogers, master of the steamboat Phoenix which traveled between New York Harbor and the Delaware River on the first steam-powered, ocean-going voyage in American waters between New York Harbor and the Delaware River. The letter was answered by General Jedidiah Huntington, the "Collector of the Port" in New London, Connecticut on August 30, 1809. It bears a "17" rate mark, a curved "PAID" handstamp, and an indistinct circular handstamp. It was turned, i.e., returned and addressed to Rogers "onboard the Steam boat Phanex (Phoenix), with a "17" rate mark and a manuscript postmark reading "N. London / Septr 5". (This is likely the fourth earliest known steamboat-carried letter and the first that was not carried by Robert Fulton's North River Line). In nice shape. In it, Rogers requested that Huntington issue his associate, a "sick & disabled' merchant seaman named Martin A.… Read More