Autograph Letter, signed “Lemuel Shaw” , introducing Mr. Charles J. Henshaw

by Lemuel Shaw

$750 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

1 p. pen and ink on paper. 1 vols. 4to. Small closed tear at margin, old folds, remnant of prior mounting on verso of left margin. Item #261844 A letter of introduction by lawyer and future State Supreme Court Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw for Charles J. Henshaw of Connecticut, a lawyer and man of some means who had long resided in Montreal. On June 2, 1823 Henshaw shot and killed one John Swails in Montreal. Henshaw believed Swails to be part of a

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