Autograph Letter, signed

by Eugene Field

$350 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

One page, in ink, on single panel of quarto folded lettersheet. 1 vols. Folded for mailing, otherwise fine, with envelope addressed in his hand stamp cut away . Item #248857 To Mrs. Coonley, most likely Lydia Avery Coonley Ward, the prominent suffragette / philanthropist / poet / patroness 1845-1924 of Wyoming and Chicago, and widow of J.C. Coonley. Field writes apologetically: Your courteous invitation for last evening reached me too late

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