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Collection Reference Number GLC05466.01
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1890s 
Title William Tecumseh Sherman to Charles F. Kimmel regarding his memoirs
Date 5 February 1891
Author Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)  
Recipient Kimmel, Charles F.  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Sherman informs Kimmel, possibly a former Civil War soldier from Ohio "I retain my usual good health and the love of Old Comrades." Declares "As to the sending a copy of my memoirs 2nd Ed. I am sure that you labor under the Common impression that the author owns the book. Not so, it is the publisher, a Copy of my own memoirs costs me within 50 cts the same as you or any purchaser." States that the price of the memoirs is $5, and provides publisher information for Kimmel in case he would like to order the memoirs directly from the publisher.
Subjects Union General  Union Forces  Military History  Health and Medical  Book Selling  
People Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)  Kimmel, Charles F. (1861-1900)  
Place written New York, New York
Theme Arts & Literature; Merchants & Commerce; The American Civil War
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Additional Information Sherman died a few days later on 14 February 1891.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945