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18TH CENTURY LETTER, UNSIGNED; [THOMAS FLAGG, BOSTON].

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18TH CENTURY LETTER, UNSIGNED; [THOMAS FLAGG, BOSTON].
A single-sheet unsigned, undated letter, c. 18th century, written on both sides. After thoughts of grief and mortality, the writer entreats the recipient to retrieve personal items after the illness and death of the writer's paramour. It appears to be written to someone in Saybrook, Connecticut, as the writer thanks the recipient for his assistance because he "...cannot think of coming to Say-brook since the flower is faded that was the desire of my eyes." He then moves on to practical matters and writes: "I left several shirts and several pair of stokings and necks in her keeping... if you would be pleased to ruturne them by some opertunity to my brother Thomas Flagg in Boston." He also mentions a "perticular fan" that he gifted her, which he wants returned, but hastens to say he would also like a "single hair of her head" for remembrance. He then begs his friend to burn "sundry letters" that will be found in her apartment, saying, "...perhaps some are wrote with too careless a hand." 7 1/2in. x 12in. Condition: Three vertical folds and one horizontal, the creases with several small fold tears; toning and old dampstains; the edges with small tears and folds. PLEASE NOTE: THE DOCUMENT IS TONED/DARKENED WITH AGE; IMAGES MAY APPEAR LIGHTER ON DIFFERENT SCREENS. This lot and the other Chapman-related items offered in this sale were part of a collection of papers and ephemera related to the family of Edward Mortimer Chapman (1862-1952), a Connecticut pastor, academic, and author, and a descendant of Robert Chapman, one of the first settlers of Saybrook, Connecticut (c. 1635).