The lot features a Wyatt Earp signed and dictated letter to John Flood circa 1911 about their business together from the ex-John Gilchrease collection and Tombstone Western Heritage Museum. The letter is signed in Wyatt Earp’s hand, as identified by John Gilchrease and dictated by Wyatt Earp, written in Josephine Earp's hand. Not only is this one of the earliest Earp’s to John Flood letter examples, it is also rare in that it is signed by Wyatt Earp. John Flood was Wyatt’s longtime friend, confidant, personal secretary, and author of the only authorized biography of Wyatt Earp. The Wyatt and Josephine Earp letter is written on blue stationery and is transcribed for collectors with a typed version. This original letter comes complete with its original envelope penned in Wyatt and Josephine’s hand. Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929) was an American lawman in the American West, including Dodge City, Wichita, and Tombstone. Earp was involved in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which lawmen killed three outlaw Cochise County Cowboys. While Wyatt is often depicted as the key figure in the shootout, his brother Virgil was both Deputy U.S. Marshal and Tombstone City Marshal that day and had considerably more experience in law enforcement as a sheriff, constable, and marshal than did Wyatt. Virgil made the decision to enforce a city ordinance prohibiting carrying weapons in town and to disarm the Cowboys. Wyatt was only a temporary assistant marshal to his brother. The condition of this authentic letter from Wyatt Earp to John Flood is good and well preserved condition with no obvious signs of damage with some age fading to the ink and browning to the envelope consistent with the age but otherwise shows a well preserved condition. Provenance: From the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum in Tombstone, Arizona, collection of Stephen Elliott and Marge Elliott (Steven Elliott); the letter was from the estate of John Flood Jr. and was collected directly from the estate by historian, Tombstone author and museum curator John Gilchrease who later sent to piece to the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum. This is also one of the earliest examples of an Earp to John Flood letter from circa 1911. The measurements of the pages to the letter is 10" x 8" and the envelope measures 3 5/8" x 6". A TYPED letter with signature by Wyatt sold at Bonham Auction in 2021 for $16,600.00. E117