Autograph Letter Signed With Initials From A Young Woman To An Enlisted Soldier During The
$4,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller
1p., recto only on small folio sheet. Old folds, separations at folds. Item #378302 Addressed Dear Love, this plaintive letter appears to have been written by a young woman to a young man serving in the military during the Revolutionary War. I long to here from you, she writes punctuation added for clarity but the phonetic spellings maintained : I am concernd about you. I was afraid you was ded cause I Dreamt bad dreams bout you last week.
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