Description: PLEASE LOOK AT PHOTOS Very Good Condition. This is a undated ca 1900s - 1910s stationery letter from Harriet F. James of Ogdensburg NY to her attorney in the same town. She is asking him to handle the removal of her furniture into her attic. She names a Mrs. Egert, who was her long time companion (Mary P. Egert). Measures 5.5 x 6.5". Harriet Jane Fairchild James (1839-1917) was married to Henry Ripley James in 1861 and they had 3 children. One of her daughter's married Edward Curtis Smith of St. Albans, VT. (see below). There is a lengthy biography of Harriet James on the Ogdensburg Cemetery site. NOTES: Edward Curtis Smith President of the Central Vermont Railway and former VT Governor loved the outdoors and in 1897, built himself a large ten-bedroom and five-bathroom lodge on the north end of Victoria Lake, which he named Camp Madawaska. Two years later he was elected Governor of the State of Vermont and served for a standard two-year term. Nearly ten miles from the closest town and the railway line, with Wilmot and Victoria Hamilton, who with their 15 children, were the lodge and the lake's caretakers and protectors for over 50 years. __________________________________________ NOTE : I AM WORKING WITH A LONG TIME COLLECTOR OF RARE BOOKS & EPHEMERA WHO IS DOWNSIZING AND REDUCING HIS INVENTORY IN PREPARATION FOR RETIREMENT. I try to describe each item as accurately as possible, but hope that you will also rely on the photographs provided to notice any defects or content that is not in my written description. I am happy to answer ANY QUESTIONS you might have about an item prior to your bid!!
Price: 24.95 USD
Location: Lisbon, New York
End Time: 2024-05-01T00:35:39.000Z
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