Ferrisburgh, Vermont: December 25-28, 1849. Autograph letter signed “Anne R. M.” to her husband, Lloyd Minturn, in San Francisco, “Upper California.” 8 pp.; approximately 1,700 words. With stampless cover bearing a black “NEW-YORK / 40” datestamp of January 17 and manuscript routing “per Cherokee.”. An intimate Christmas letter from Anna.....
Vermont? 1870s-1880s. Albumen photograph. 15 ½ x 10 inches on a 19 x 14 inch cardstock mount. A rare 19th century view of an insane asylum. The Vermont Asylum for the Insane, which later became the Brattleboro Retreat, was founded based on Quaker principles of moral treatment. The founder, Anna.....
Reading, Vermont: 1911–1943. 156 pp, with approximately 207 poems, plus a 1934 rejection letter from Perry Mason & Co. Spine broken, cover nearly detached and pages coming detached; some toning and wear to edges of pages, with smell. A book of poems by Vermonter Mary S. Fay (likely 1875–1968). Fay’s.....