Lot 169
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant - Early ALS as a Cadet at West Point (1818-1893) U.S. military officer who became the first prominent general of the Confederate States Army, best known for ordering the first shots of the Civil War during the bombardment of Fort Sumter. He studied civil engineering at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, graduating second in his class in 1838, and served as an engineer during the Mexican-American War. After the Civil War, he served as a railway executive, as supervisor of the Louisiana Lottery and in various governmental positions in Louisiana.
Autograph letter signed "G. Toutant" as a student at the U.S. Military Academy, one page plus integral address leaf, 10 x 8, West Point, May 24, 1836. To Charles P. Leveriche of New York, a wealthy career banker and agent to the largest cotton and sugar plantations in the Antebellum South. In part, "I received yesterday evening your letter of the 21st inst. at the same time with one from my father, in which he tells me that he intends to set from New Orleans at the beginning of this month, on board of the Steam-boat Henry Clay for Louisville, so that we may safely expect him for about the first of next month….As to the money you refered to in your letter, I only need about $20, for as my father will soon be here it would be useless for me to trouble you for more…." Address leaf has red circular "WEST-POINT, May 24, N.Y." postmark with manuscript postage. A very early Beauregard letter in fine condition. Estimate Value $600 - 900
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