One page autograph letter signed to James Rees

by W. Forney, ohn

$100 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

Signed

Philadelphia: December 22, 1874. 8vo, on The Press stationery, and signed J. W. Forney. In it he makes reference to a funeral which they both had just attended, and apologizes for not returning a borrowed book sooner. The funeral was likely that of Edwin Forrest, the Shakespearean actor who passed away December 12th and was the subject of a biography by Rees. Forney 1817-1881 was a journalist and politician, having served as clerk of the U.S. House of

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