Autograph Letter Signed "Henry Wing" to his son, written while on John Wesley Powell's Second Western Expedition

by WING, Dr. Henry. (John Wesley Powell)

$750 · Offered by Between the Covers

Unbound. Four page letter dated July 7, 1868 from "On the Cars between Clinton, Iowa & Omaha, Neb.," with original envelope postmark "Aug. 26 Nevada C.T." Old folds, some smudging but nice and very good. Easily readable, although occasionally a little shaky: "I can not write so you can read..... More

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