Philip H. Sheridan Letter Signed to Governor of the Wyoming Territory LS signed "P. H. Sheridan," four pages, on two adjoining lightly-lined sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, Headquarters, Military Division of the Missouri letterhead, Chicago, Illinois, October 2, 1872. Letter to John Allen Campbell, first governor of the Wyoming Territory. In part: "In reference to sinking an artesian well on the military reservation at Fort D. A. Russell...it was my intention to contract for its completion with some of the men who follow boring artesian wells as a business and who are now engaged in putting down numerous wells in this city, but...as they had no means of knowing the character of the soil...it must be on the basis of boring through solid granite; which was absurd and made the contract impossible. Failing in this, the only way open to us was to purchase the necessary tools and employ skilled labor in sinking the well under the supervision of the Quartermaster's Department." In fine condition, with a mounting remnant to upper right of last page, and areas of circular toning to the upper border of each page.