Autographed Note, Signed, (Ans)
by Ferris, Sylvan
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Sierra Madre California, 1921. Manuscript. Very good. One page. Ferris writes to O. W. Coursy of Mitchell S.D., discussing the scarcity of "The Bad Lands Cowboy", the Medora newspaper that was published when he was ranching with Roosevelt in the 1880s. The office was burned and Ferris is unaware of any copies. He had offered $5.00 for any copy the previous year without success. Sylvan Ferris was TR's foreman on his ranch in the Badlands of North Dakota. The devastating winter of 1886-87, cost TR dearly, losses totaled about sixty percent of his cattle. In 1890, Roosevelt turned the ranch entirely over to his foreman Sylvan Ferris and in 1898 sold Ferris the ranch and buildings. A rare autographed note with content dealing with the Roosevelt period in the West. An extraordinary find.
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Details
- Seller
- Austin's Antiquarian Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 13777
- Title
- Autographed Note, Signed, (Ans)
- Author
- Ferris, Sylvan
- Format/Binding
- Manuscript
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Sierra Madre California
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- Autographs; Manuscripts; Theodore Roosevelt; Presidents; Medora; Badlands: North Dakota;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Austin's Antiquarian Books
Biblio member since 2005
Wilmington, Vermont
About Austin's Antiquarian Books
Austin's Antiquarian Books is a used, rare and out of print bookshop located on West Main Street in Wilmington, Vermont. At our shop we have a general stock of approximately 15,000 used, scarce and out-of-print books, with particular strength in American History, especially Theodore Roosevelt the West, Travel, Decorative Arts, Natural History, and Sporting. We also offer a selection of antique maps and prints, historical paper and ephemera.
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