Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.

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Greeting card refrencing the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Printed on recto: "What did Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse say to Gen. George A. Custer on Jun 25, 1876?"

Printed inside: "We shall Overrun!" and image by Bill Flores.

Printed on verso, bottom: "Bill Flores. Concho, Okla."

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Greeting card refrencing the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Printed on front: "Whats the score?" with image of Gen. George A. Custer holding a box of popcorn.

Printed inside: "Happy June 25th" with image of an unidentified Native American in a baseball uniform with catcher's mitt and score board above him 'Amry 0. Indians 25.'

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Letters from Benteen, senior captain under Custer in the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Little Big Horn, to Theodore W. Goldin, a private in “G” troop at the same battle, criticizing Custer’s private live as well as his military tactics in battles.

Scope and Contents These letters and newspaper clippings deal mostly with the famous "Battle of the Little Big Horn", and one letter concerns a horse named "Don Juan." There are photographs of Custer and his horse, "Comanche.""Interesting items: A telegram from Gen. G. A. Custer to Lawrence Barrett in New York. Barrett was th e famous Shakespearean actor and an intimate friend of Custer. The wire is dated March 4, 1876, St. Paul Minnesota, and reads, "We start to meet Sitting Bull tomorrow-will...

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The Journal of the 7th Cavalry's Yellowstone Expedition of 1876, correspondence with Theodore W. Goldin, E. A. Brininstool, and others comprise this collection.

Interesting item: One letter in this collection was penned by Theodore Goldin, survivor of the Custer expedition, to Dr. Cole promising the Cole children a story. Another letter fol­ lowed in which Goldin enclosed the story, "A Winter's Raid,'' pertaining to the raid of the 7th Cavalry under Major Reno.

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Stedman's handwritten and signed poem, "Custer", a revised version from the version originally appearing in the Chicago Tribune, 16 Jul 1876. Also included: a handwritten fragment featuring biographical notes, a blurb about Stedman's poem "The Discoverer", and (on verso) an excerpt from p7 of an unidentified manuscript; a 6 x 9" brown envelope bearing handwritten notes regarding the contents above.