Requesting prices for hay, needed to supply the "Army on the Gulf of Mexico," in an autograph letter to Col. Henry Stanton, signed by Jesup as Quartermaster General of the United States, 29 June 1847.
4to. (1) pp. Folded for mailing. Very good. In addition to his service in the War of 1812, the Creek War (1836), and the Sminole War, Jesup served 42 years as the quartermaster general; "under his able direction, the quartermaster department was organized upon a sound military and business basis....... More