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Virgil Earp Autograph Letter Signed. Two pages, 7.75" x 9.87", [Prescott, Arizona]; "Monday night," circa 1901. Written to his wife Alvira "Allie" Sullivan, this letter offers a warm glimpse into the Wild West lawman's close relationship with his third wife. Earp shares mundane yet endearing farm updates with Allie, who was away visiting the Murvin family, and focuses on the prospect of new calves, kittens, and chicks. Signed twice, "I remain as ever your Loving Husband Virg" and "As ever Virg."He writes: "I am going to Kirk in the morning. I thought you would like to know what is doing at home well we both are well and getting along fine I went to Kirk the day you left for a letter from yo [sic] which I enclose to you I seen Mrs. Resbit about the chickens she will not let them go untill [sic] she leaves wich [sic] will be about three weeks I told her we would take them she said she had one hen she could not brake [sic] from setting I gave her 50 cts for her and brought her Home went to Langleys and got a Dozen fresh Eggs your Hen had layed [sic] three Eggs and I put them all under her also the three Eggs the other hen had not hatched. She went to setting all night has not been off the nest yet tonight I heard the chicken kicking in the three Eggs the other 13 little ones are doing fine I am to take all the hens from Mrs. Resbit as fast as she wants to set I will put another one tomorrow as she had one that was clucking when I was in . No one has been on the Ranch sence [sic] you left Jinny Moore is getting all right he has sold his cattle will get her as soon as Charly comes home the old man going to behave for good: no other letters came for us yet Pinkey and the cat has done nothing yet in the way of increasing the Family well if anything happens tonight I will write it in the morning
Remember me to Mrs. and Mr. Murvin (and the Baby) with worlds of love to you I remain as ever your Loving Husband, Virg."
He adds a postscript: "Tuesday Morning / No calf no kittens no young chickens but the three Eggs will hatch soon the Resbit hen is setting fine. The 13 little chicks are doing nicely / As ever Virg."
Perhaps most known for instigating the infamous shootout between law enforcement and cowboy outlaws at the O.K. Corral, Virgil Earp boasted a career as impressive as his arguably more famous brother, Wyatt. Virgil served as a key member of the Earp gang and later held sanctioned police positions such as town constable, deputy U.S. marshal, and city marshal in the silver-mining boomtown of Tombstone, Arizona. It was there that Earp survived an assassination attempt by friends of the outlaws slain at the O.K. Corral. Alive but severely maimed, Earp moved his family to California and later, Prescott, Arizona, where he penned this letter.
Earp met Allie Sullivan during his brief stint in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1874. Earp had been married twice before meeting Sullivan. Though it is unclear whether they ever officially married, they remained together for the rest of Earp's life.
Condition: Creases along mail folds with several separations thereat, affecting some text. Paper loss along left and bottom margins. Cello tape repairs at center and right margin, resulting in staining on recto and verso.
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2023 September 21 Historical Manuscripts Signature® Auction #6272 (go to Auction Home page)
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