1865
by PIERPONT, John
1865. Some light soiling, one small hole in blank lower margin. Oblong 8vo (5 x 8.25 inches), on yellow paper tipped at upper corners to old mount. An amusing rhymed note from the poet John Pierpont (1785-1866), the maternal grandfather of the financier J. Pierpont Morgan: "You ask for my name 'written under a note' But I'm sure you don't mean 'note of hand'; For, as such, 'twere as worthless as you ever wrote, Just a-head of the surf, in the sand." An amusing note for the grandfather of a banker! (Inventory #: 405809)