signed first edition
1877 · Boston
by Winthrop, Robert C.
Boston: No publisher, 1877. Book. Very good+ condition. No Binding. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Two page letter to T. A. [Theseus Apoleon] Cheney L.L.D. dated April 6, 1877. "Dear Sir, Yours of the 30th reached by duly. I am sorry to say that the Publications of our Masstts Historical Society are held only for sale, or in exchange for Works which we do not possess already, & which may be important to our library. We have as many of the volumes which you name as our librarian thinks important. I send to the Georgic Library a couple of volumes of my own, as an earnest of my good will, + remain, Dear Sir, Yours, resp. + truly [signed] Robt. C. Winthrop. The volumes go by express paid. P.S. I am unable to supply the autographs you ask for." Speaker of the House 1838-1840; Massachusetts Senator; President of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1855-1885.. (Inventory #: 011732)