Two Holograph Letters relating to a Young Soldier sent out over the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River, 1822-25

by SHEPHERD, Nancy and William Durley

$1,400 · Offered by Between the Covers

(1822-25). Two holograph letters from the same Midwestern family dated October 18, 1822 (folio, 3pp.) and August 20, 1825 (quarto, 2pp.). Contemporary folds, a few short tears and small nicks, one small spot with minor loss from part of a wax seal, both are very good overall. In the first..... More

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