2004-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/31/2004
Beautifully penned two page letter (each blank on reverse) entirely in the hand of, and boldly signed by JOHN BROWN JR. to biographer of his father F. B. Sanborn. Written from home on Lake Erie in Ohio Nov. 10, 1887 "…I received letter from Sarah [with] the medal…reached me by express in good condition except for a few indentations on the edge as if some person had used a pocket knife to test the quality of the metal. I shall at once forward it to the Kansas Historical Society together with the original letter of the French Committee which mother gave to me at the time of her last visit east." Also writes he was receiving so much mail it was impossible to answer but half of them (about his actions and those of his father in Kansas); also received letter from woman who claimed to be sister of William Lehman, one of old J. B.'s youngest volunteers in Kansas; woman asks Sanborn to pay her "a small contribution…provided you find her claim genuine and her statement of facts true…" Light aging; exc. +……
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