1894 Autograph Letter Signed by Nation Co-founder


Item Number: 141

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $100

Online Close: Dec 5, 2011 8:00 PM EST

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Description

WENDELL PHILLIPS GARRISON.


Autograph Letter Signed as editor of The Nation. NY, Jan. 17, 1894. 2pp. 5.5 x 8 inches.  With original mailing envelope.


Letter to a nurse about caring for his nephew, Harold Villard, the son of Henry Villard, Garrison's brother-in-law, who owned the magazine. Garrison and his sister, Villard's wife, were the children of the famous anti-slavery crusader, William Lloyd Garrison.

Donated by

Richard Harris Smith