Offering sympathy and hope to a Union soldier, in an autograph letter, signed with her last initial only 22 April 1864 from Chelsea, Massachusetts, to Sir.

by Amy L. H.

$100 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

8vo. 2 pages, approximately 150 words. Feeling a deep interest in those who have so nobly sacrificed all for the defense of our glorious country, and seeing your brief advertisement in one of our daily papers, I thought I would avail myself of the opportunity of helping one brave soldier while away a few moments of his tedious camp life. Amy later requests a carte-de-visite and a reply. Folded small hole at fold corner . Item #53954

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