Adolphus W. Greely Autograph Letter SIGNED Dec. 8, 1892 Official Letterhead For Sale

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Adolphus W. Greely Autograph Letter SIGNED Dec. 8, 1892 Official Letterhead:
$149.00

Adolphus W. Greely 1892 autograph letter SIGNED official letterhead

A handwritten letter from Adolphus W. Greely to A.S. Clark dated December 8, 1892 and SIGNED by Greely. The letter is on official letterhead of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Washington, D.C., and measures about 4 15//16" x 7 7/8". The letter consists of one leaf of paper measuring about 9 3/4" x 7 7/8", folded in half to make four pages, only the first of which was used. The paper is watermarked "Crane's Distaff Linen" with a picture of a spinning wheel.

The letter is in very nice condition and is suitable for framing.

The letter states:

Dear Sir:

Please inform me on the price at which you can furnish the various volumes of the Manual of the Common Council of New York from 1858 to 1866 inclusive & shipping [?] price for each.

Yours truly

A.W. Greely

Adolphus Washington Greely (1844 – 1935) was a United States Army officer and polar explorer. He attained the rank of major general and was a recipient of the Medal of Honor.

In 1861, Greely enlisted in the Union Army for the American Civil War. He received his commission as a second lieutenant in 1863 and was promoted to first lieutenant in 1864 and captain in 1865. At the end of the war he received a brevet promotion to major in recognition of his wartime accomplishments.

After the war, Greely accepted a second lieutenant's commission in the regular army. In 1881, he was appointed to command the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, a 25-man expedition organized to carry out Arctic explorations. The expedition ran short of food and several resupply and rescue missions were unsuccessful, and by the time Greely and his men were rescued in 1884, there were only six survivors.

In March 1887, Greely was serving as a captain when President Grover Cleveland appointed him as the Army's Chief Signal Officer with the rank of brigadier general. As Signal chief, he was responsible for creating and maintaining the worldwide communications networks required during and after the Spanish–American War and during the Philippine–American War. Greely was promoted to major general in February 1906. In April 1906, he was assigned to command relief efforts following the San Francisco earthquake.

Greely left the Army in 1908 after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 64. In retirement, Greely authored numerous magazine articles and books on his Arctic experiences. In March 1935, he was awarded the Medal of Honor in recognition of "his life of splendid public service."

According to Publisher's Weekly, May 14, 1892, A.S. Clark was a dealer in magazines, pamphlets, and out-of-print

Our father was a bibliophile who collected rare books, letters, and ephemera for more than 60 years. For now and into the foreseeable future, we will be listing rare paper items from his estate.

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