Autograph Letter Signed.
This Union officer, a brevet general awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, is credited with inventing dynamite circa 1866 independently from Alfred Nobel; he invented other explosive manufacturing processes as well, and from 1868 to 1903 operated an explosives plant in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Item #22624
Handsome ALS, 1p, 5½" X 9", Oliver's Mills, PA, 1903 June 10. Addressed to Captain Isaac P. Gregg, who was in charge of gathering appropriate noteworthies for the dedication of an equestrian statue of General Joseph Hooker. Very good. Slight age toning. On black-bordered mourning stationery, Oliver thanks Gregg "that I shall be so generously provided for... at the Brunswick Hotel. I cannot say what train I will come on, but I will find my way to the Hotel in the afternoon or evening without difficulty...." A dyn-o-mite example!
Price: $195.00