EDWARD EVERETT HALE - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 05/22/1885 - HFSID 35873
Sale Price $324.00
Reg. $360.00
EDWARD EVERETT HALE
Edward Everett Hale wrote this letter in 1885 to say that he would write an article, even though he didn't understand the subject he was writing about.
Autograph letter signed "Edw. E Hale". 1 page, 5¼x8¼, 1 sheet folded. May 22, 1885. In full: "Dear Mr. Allen:- I will write some thing. How good it may be, I do not know,- for I hav [sic] never properly com prehended [sic] the [illegible] for [illegible]. If you will send to my sister's, No 97 [illegible] Street, the article shall be there at 7.30 - Truly yrs". Hale (1822-1909, born in Boston, Massachusetts) was Pastor of the South Congregational Church in Boston (1856-1901) and Chaplain of the U.S. Senate from 1903 to his death. Hale, a prolific author of both history and popular fiction, is best remember today for his patriotic tale Man Without a Country (1863). Lightly toned, soiled and creased. Pen skipped in places while writing body of letter but not signature. Light dent at top edge. Folded in half horizontally and once vertically and unfolded. Otherwise in fine condition.
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