World War I Handwritten Letter to Patton's Relative from Secretary to Pershing

World War I Handwritten Letter to Patton's Relative from Secretary to Pershing

[George S. Patton Jr.]

ALS 7.125' × 7.875" 1 pp September 7, 1918

France File Miscellaneous

Patton graduated from West Point in 1909 and served with Pershing both in Mexico in 1916 and France in 1917. A student of the Civil War cavalry, he studied its mobility and used the same tactics with the tank. In 1942, he occupied Morocco and commanded the Seventh Army in the capture of Sicily. The apogee of his career came with the great sweep of his Third Army across France in the summer of 1944. He earned the nickname "Old Blood and Guts " for his courage, daring and ruthlessness. He was killed in a car accident shortly after the war.

World War I dated handwritten letter to Patton's relative from the secretary to General

Pershing

DESCRIPTION:

Autograph letter signed "Geo. E. Adamson" as Secretary to General John "Black Jack" Pershing, September 7, 1918, one page, 7.125" x 7.875", on "American Expeditionary Forces" letterhead. In full: Dear Miss Patton:

General Pershing directs me to send you the enclosed photograph of Warren. The General is extremely busy these days, as you may know, but I am pleased to say that he is looking very well indeed. Sincerely yours, Geo. E.

Adamson, Sec'y". George Patton had a sister, Anne, and was very close to his Aunt, whom he referred to as Aunt Nannie. This letter is probably written to one of those two ladies.

John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing (September 13, 1860 - July 15, 1948), was a general officer in the United States Army who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. Pershing is the only person to be promoted in his own lifetime to the highest rank ever held in the United States Army General of the Armies (a retroactive Congressional edict passed in 1976 promoted George Washington to the same rank but with higher seniority.

Pershing holds the first United States officer service number (O-1).