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CARL C. RAFN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 12/09/1842 - HFSID 33695

The Danish historian and translator pens a letter to philologist George P. Marsh Autograph Letter signed: “Mafn” in iron gall ink, 1p, integral leaf folds in half to measure 8½x10½. Copenhagen, Denmark, December 9, 1842.

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CARL C. RAFN
The Danish historian and translator pens a letter to philologist George P. Marsh
Autograph Letter signed: “Mafn” in iron gall ink, 1p, integral leaf folds in half to measure 8½x10½. Copenhagen, Denmark, December 9, 1842. Letter written in untranslated Danish to George P. Marsh. Carl Christian Rafn (1795-1864) was a Danish historian who worked primarily on translating Old Norse literature. He was a proponent of proper recognition of the Viking's prominent role in early explorations of North America. Rafn earned his law degree from the University of Copenhagen and went on to teach at the Army Cadet Academy in Copenhagen until he was eventually able to devote more time to his studies. Rafn produced many scholarly works of literature including a Danish translation of Norse mythic and romantic sagas (1829-1830) as well as his widely-read American Antiquities (1837), which proposed that America was discovered by Norsemen. American diplomat and philologist George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882) is considered by many to by America's first environmentalist. Fluent in half a dozen European languages, his specialty was Icelandic. Marsh wrote many articles for the Universal Cyclopaedia and was a prolific contributor to The Nation, a long-running periodical focused on left-leaning politics and culture. Several vertical and horizontal folds. Gently worn and creased. Holes and tearing at center of right edge (when leaf is oriented to read letter). Toned. Lower right-hand corner folded over. Otherwise, fine condition.

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