Meigs, S. Emlin. Letter to S.W. Mitchell, 1902 January 2

[SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH]. MEIGS, S[amuel] Emlen. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. [Philadelphia], Jan. 2, 1902. Two-page letter on leaf measuring 8 x 5”, together with an integral leaf containing a two-page copy of a letter by William Tecumseh Sherman accomplished by Meigs. Fine. A letter to Silas Weir Mitchell praising Mitchell’s poem on Washington. In reference to one of the lines in the poem, pertaining to the relationship between military force and the rule of law, Meigs copies the full text of a relevant letter written by Gen. Sherman to Meigs’s brother, Gen. M.C. Meigs. In the upper margin of the first page of the letter appears a note in Mitchell’s hand reading, “Interesting legally.”