(WRITERS) Group of 12 items Signed or Signed and Inscribed i

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(WRITERS.) Group of 12 items Signed, or Signed and Inscribed, including 5 ALsS and 5 clipped Signatures. The letters, together 6 pages, 8vo or 4to; condition generally good. The signatures, 2 3/4x4 3/4 inches or smaller; condition generally good. Vp, vd

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Letters: Richard Henry Dana, Jr. Brief ALS, to Mr. Gage, sending his autograph. Boston, 11 July 1876 George Bancroft. ALS, to "Dear Mr. Zarnum," bidding farewell. Florence, 22 May 1868 Joel Barlow. Brief ALS, "JBarlow," to his nephew Thomas, suggesting he arrange a walk with some others. Np, 3 November 1811 James Freeman Clarke. Brief ALS, to "Dear Mr. Norton," acknowledging receipt of a check. [Boston], 25 March 1878 Erle Stanley Gardner. TLS, to Anthony Anable, Jr., praising him for having learned little-known facts about Captain Lee. Temecula, CA, 25 March 1960.

Clipped Signatures: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. "Yours truly / Henry W. Longfellow." 1875 Henry Ward Beecher (2). "I am very truly yours / H.W. Beecher"; "Henry Ward Beecher." Portland, 5 February 1863; Np, 1877 Richard Henry Dana, Jr. "Rich'd H. Dana." Np, nd Bayard Taylor. "Very truly yours." Np, nd.

Julia Ward Howe. Clipped portion of an ALS, including only last line and closing: "I hope that you will live to serve it many good years yet. / Yours with affectionate greeting." 2 3/4x8 inches. Np, nd John Greenleaf Whittier. AQS, a stanza from his "Lexington: 1775" beginning: "Their death-shot shook the feudal tower." 4x5 1/4 inches, ruled paper; marked fading to text and signature. Amesbury, 21 July 1875.

From the Collection of William Wheeler III.