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Early American Balloon Flight ALS David Millard

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Early American Balloon Flight ALS David Millard
<B>Very Early American Balloon Flight Autograph Letter Signed, </B></I> “<I>David Millard,</B></I> two pages with integral address panel, 8” x 9.5”, Providence, Rhode Island, July 27, 1835, to William R. Wilson, Gloucester, Rhode Island. Relating a weekend of pleasant diversions to a friend, the author mentions in part, “<I>…Saturday was a great day here. Mr. Lauricot made a great ascention sic in a Balloon…to see a man suspended between the Heavens and earth, and ascending gradually upwards until he disappears in the clouds, creates feelings in the mind of the astonished beholder…he ascended, taking a northeasterly direction, gradually rising toward the upper world…</B></I>”. Soiling, smoothed folds. Good condition. <I>From the collection of Henry E. Luhrs.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)