Autograph letter signed James G. Drake to W. Elliott Woodward, being an account of the life of Samuel G. Bishop; Boston, 8 June 1866

by Samuel Gardner Drake

$650 · Offered by Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

3 1/4 pages, 8vo, a bifolium on pale bluish-green paper. Evidence of folds, a marginal tear not affecting text, scant remains of former mounting on last page. Item #409885 The American antiquarian and historian Samuel G. Drake 1798-1875 writes to William Elliot Woodward 1825-1892 , the numismatist, New England genealogist, and publisher, about the life of Samuel G. Bishop. Drake opened one of the first antiquarian bookstores established in the United

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