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ROBERT E LEE * PSA * Autograph U.S. ARMY CORPS ENGINEERS Signed * CSA General
$2,995.00
Guaranteed Authentic
Confederate General and military commander ROBERT E. LEE early U.S. Army Corp of Engineers partial expense, partial handwritten document signed as "R.E. Lee, Lt. Engrs", at lower right, "For the Improvement of the Harbor of St. Louis."
The FRONT is in an unknown secretarial hand. The VERSO is in Lee's hand, including:
"For his [Lee's] transportation from St. Louis to Louisville and back for the purpose of making contracts for building a Steam Boat, and scows for transporting stone..."
Early in his military career, Lee served as an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. During this period he specialized in constructing coastal defenses and managing river improvements. As a Lieutenant, Lee supervised the engineering work for St. Louis Harbor and for the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. His work there earned him a promotion to Captain.
The LEE autograph expense document has been thoroughly examined and CERTIFIED AUTHENTIC BY PSA/DNA EXPERT EXAMINATION, and encapsulated using PSA/DNA's proprietary sonically-sealed technology. UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED GENUINE.
Condition as shown. Partial document measures appx. 3.25" x 7.75" inside 6..5" x 10" encapsulate.
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