Autograph letter signed ("John H. Clifford") to F.W. Bird ("My Dear Friend") offering condolences for the death of Bird's son

Clifford, John Henry

Edité par July 16 '74, New Bedford [MA]

3pp. pen and ink on paper. 8-1/8 x 5-1/4 inches bi-fold. A heartfelt letter reading in part: "You ought not to have been required to turn away from your thoughts for a moment from the all engrossing subject that fills them - perhaps it is bette thus. There is nothing like it in the world of bereavement & charge - a father's loss of a promising son." Providence, Rhode Island native, John Henry Clifford (1809-1876) was the 21st Governor of Massachusetts (the first governor of that state not born there) and served as the state's attorney general from 1849-1853, where he gained notoriety as the lead prosecutor during the gruesome and and sensational Parkman-Webster murder trial. 3pp. pen and ink on paper. 8-1/8 x 5-1/4 inches bi-fold. N° de réf. du vendeur 316179

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Titre : Autograph letter signed ("John H. Clifford")...
Éditeur : July 16 '74, New Bedford [MA]
Etat : Old fold, fine