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John Greenleaf Whittier - Group of Items

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:750.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD
John Greenleaf Whittier - Group of Items
<Our item number 140946><B>Whittier, John Greenleaf.</B> Two autograph letters signed &#34;John G Whittier,&#34; one book of poems signed, a rare CDV signed, two cabinet card photos, and one engraving. Whittier writes and signs in ink two letters from 1886 and 1887, approximately 6½ x 4½ in. each; and inscribes in pencil an original book of poems: &#34;Saint Gregory&#39;s Guest and Recent Poems,&#34; 3rd ed., 1887, Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., The Riverside Press &#40;Cambridge&#41;, which was dedicated in print to &#34;Gen. S.C. Armstrong of Hampton, VA, Whose generous and self-denying labors for the elevation of two races have enlisted my sympathies and commanded my admiration…&#34; The CDV and two cabinet cards are all printed from shops in Boston, and the steel engraving, by P.T. Stuart of Boston, has a facsimile inscription beneath the vignette portrait. A rare assortment of images and signatures by this noted abolitionist and poet. Minor wear &#40;7 items&#41;. <BR>Estimated Valu e &#36;1,500 - 2,500. <BR><BR>Our item number 140946<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/140946.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>