668. ROGER A. PRYOR (1828-1919) Confederate brigadier general who declined firing the first shot on Fort Sumter, later captured at Petersburg. A.L.S., 1p. 4to., Richmond, Oct. 25, 1854, in part: "...The shameful misprints in your letter...will be carefully corrected...Doubtless you want to know what people say of your pronouncements...It will make an impression on the public mind, & what concerns him more, will make him Governor of Virginia. I am frank, if not imprudent. The letter should be issued in pamphlet, & I will endeavor to have it done...[I] applaud your motive..." Expertly inlaid, fine. $150-200