Illustrated lettersheet byron t (1 risultati)

Condizione: Fine condition. A scarce early Minnesota statehood illustrated lettersheet, showing a printed view of Minneapolis and the river opposite St. Anthony. Printing had only recently taken hold in Minnesota: the territory was organized in 1849, and the first newspaper printed on Minnesota soil appeared that same year. By the late 1850s there was an active but still young territorial/state printing culture, making illustrated Minnesota imprints from the period relatively uncommon. The letter itself is a short note to a cousin: "St. Paul, Sunday, July 12th 1859 Cousin Bill, "As I have time to write a few more lines I will write them to you. Bill understand it is quite late and I shall write but little this time of any importance, hoping that you will excuse me. I will close with my love to all and your friend Hall when you see him. "Yours &c. Byron T. P.S. Send some stamps" A modest letter on an appealing and apparently scarce illustrated Minnesota lettersheet. We find no other examples besides this one in auctions or the trade. . Illustrated lettersheet captioned ?View of Minneapolis, Opposite St. Anthony, Minnesota,? with a short autograph letter signed ?Byron T.? to ?Cousin Bill.? Single leaf, 9 3/4 x 8 inches.…