Space & Autographs Auction Space & Autographs Auction Jan. 2014 | Seite 119

Militaria

648

647X
650

651X

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654
649

Session I: Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Estimate

654

– WORLD WAR II –
AMERICAN
653

Estimate

/D 1906 GEORGE S. PATTON HANDWRITTEN,
SIGNED LETTER TO MAMA ........................... PH $2500-3500

/D 1898 GEORGE S PATTON JR REPORT CARD,
SIGNED COVER TO MOTHER ........................ PH $1200-1700

Two items: First is Dec 23, 1898, report card (5¼”x8¼”) from
Pasadena Classical School for Boys, where 13-year-old Patton
received high marks for everything except grammar (65 on
exam). He had been home-schooled by his father until age 12.
Patton later made light of his academic ordeal by joking, ‘I
had trouble with my a’s and b’s - and what the hell is that
other letter?’ Lot also includes April 21, 1913, cover addressed
by Patton to his mother, essentially a very bold signature.
Envelope signed ‘Geo. S Patton’ in the name of the addressee
(6"x4"). Slit open at top. Fine and scarce.
Saint Louis, Missouri

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Extremely personal handwritten 4-page letter from ‘devoted
son’ to ‘Mama,’ in which he writes of the mundane, being hit
with a snowball and being not very well liked by ‘the Ayers,’
the people who would become his in-laws 4 years later. Letter
(5¼”x6½”) is written on both sides in bold black ink. Although
undated, the letter was written Dec 23-24, 1906, being dated
by the color photocopy of the transmittal cover that
accompanies lot. Signed ‘Geo. S. Patton Jr, Stamps,’ across
top of first page. Very fine. (University Archives LOA)

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