Lot
638 
"Tucson, March 29, 1868", datelined letter with "Territory of Arizona" letterhead signed "R.C. McCormick", Territorial Governor to Hon. M. McKenna at Fort Bowie, Arizona Territory letter with political content reads in part "Yours of 25, came by the stage, A precinct will be made at Bowie and now Anderson has promised in the neighborhood of 50 votes, perhaps more…the radicals have always fought me for my conservatism and generous treatment of the Democracy - Indeed many of them have long called me a Democrat…", Very Fine. Estimate $300 - 400.
Letter was carried by J.F. Bennett & Co. stageline from Tucson east to the Rio Grande Valley. Fort Bowie (1862-1894) was headquarters of the California Battalion during the Civil War.
The first Capital of Arizona Territory in 1863 was Fort Whipple in Chino Valley, May 1864 the territorial capital was moved to Prescott. In 1867, the capital was moved to Tucson for ten years and in 1877 moved back to Prescott.
Realized: $575