2004-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/31/2004
Autograph Letter Signed "Aunt Harriet", 6 pages, octavo, May 24, 1865, Minneapolis, Minnesota to Bell McCoy, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. This extremely long letter in small handwriting recounts the visit of a mother who had recently lost her son in the war. It reads in very small part: "...the sad news of dear George's death reached us...his mission on earth was early finished...and should we grieve that he was so soon taken from its sinful temptations to dwell with his savior...he had not been in Andersonville stockade from Sept last until Christmas...". With original cover, Fine condition.
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