TWO INTRIGUING LETTERS ON THE NOTORIOUS MATTER OF NORTHERN COTTON AND OTHER TRADING DURING THE CIVIL WAR

Lincoln: 1 page (9 3/4 x 7 5/8 in.; 248 x 195 mm) on a sheet of blue-ruled paper, "Executive Mansion, Washington," 7 February 1865; very light browning, neatly silked. Grant: 1 page (7 1/4 x 7 5/8 in.; 183 x 195 mm) trimmed down from a sheet of Head