Autograph Manuscript, signed and dated, of the first stanza of his poem, “The Flight of Youth”
$400 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller
Fair copy, 5 lines in ink, on New York City “Department of Docks” stationery. 12mo. Glue remnants on verso from previous mounting. With a fine, large cabinet portrait photograph, by SARONY. Laid in a brown cloth chemise. Item #248342 “The Flight of Youth” is Stoddard’s 1825–1903 most widely anthologized poem; a the time of this transcription, he was working for the New York Department of Docks as the confidential
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