Lot 3174
General Grant, all over patriotic design with "We'll fight it out on this line if it takes all summer", bearing 3¢ red, grilled (88), s.e. at left, cancelled by cork on cover to Hartland, Vt., matching sharp "Meriden N.H. Apr 10" c.d.s., Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300
General Ulysses S. Grant, was the fighter that Lincoln had long sought. In the campaign of the West he made his threat, "We'll fight it out on this line if it takes all summer".
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