Smith Handwrites A Complete Fair Copy Of “America”

Book Description

AMS. 2pg. 4 ½” x 7 ½”. 1877. No place. A fair copy of “America” signed “S.F. Smith 1832-1877”. He penned all four stanzas on two separate sheets and the entire text is displayed at once. Although Smith would often write out a couple of lines from “America”, he would not often give a complete holograph of the entire text, especially in his older age. The item is matted in blue and framed in dark brown to a size of nearly 22” by 18”. The pages are mounted with a photograph of Smith and a typed transcription of the hymn. The ink is a tad light and there was a complete horizontal separation to each sheet that touches a few words, but this fault has been stabilized by the mounting and is not very noticeable (particularly on the first page).

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