Carpenter, Matthew Hale; Black, Jeremiah S. [recipient]

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED [Signed]

Milwaukee: 1876. One-page ALS discussing travels plans and sharing his thoughts on a recent fall: "Your telegram was duly rec'd. But I had, before then, knocked my brains out falling against a curb stone--doing, however, no perceptible damage to the curb stone." In Very Good condition with mild age toning, wear to corners and edges, and minor staining to verso. RW Consignment. Shelved at Rockville, Room A, General Ephemera Part 2.

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Special Collections - Upstairs

Price: $225

NOTES

Matthew Hale Carpenter (1824-1881) was a lawyer and a politician, known as the "Greatest Lawyer of the Northwest" and also serving as a U.S. Senator.

Hon. Jeremiah S. Black (1810-1883) was a prominent Pennsylvania lawyer, judges, and statesman. Served as U.S. Attorney General and, briefly, as U.S. Secretary of State