1852 Letter from a Connecticut Schoolboy Referencing Football

$1,500 · Offered by Between the Covers

Unbound. Autograph Letter Signed ("J. Cooley"), dated 16 March 1852, from Cream Hill, Connecticut on blue paper. One page. Folded as mailed, lightened at the folds, else fine, with small pencil drawing laid in. Envelope with West Cornwall, Connecticut cancellation is present. The 11-year-old Cooley dutifully sends a letter to..... More

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