AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
Boston: 16 August 1850. Letter. One-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER on a 6-1/4" x 9" sheet SIGNED as "R. H. Dana Jr." to a law firm. In full: "We have made inquiries as to Mr. Carlton. He has a clerkship, with a limited salary, & a large family, his means are small. he has offered to pay fifty dollars, in full, for a discharge; & this, he says, is the best he can do. Please inform us, whether we shall accept it. He refuses to pay anything for costs." Dana is best known as the author of TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST. Faint stain on left side from previous mounting on verso; light creases. Near Fine. Item #022538
Price: $250.00
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