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Sat, Mar 28, 2020 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1215

Three Charleston Printed Addresses to Lafayette

Estimate: $600 - $900

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South Carolina, 1825, all three from the "Students of the Philosophical and Classical Seminary of Charleston" including a poem written by Hon. William Craft; an address in Latin by Rev. Samuel Gilman; and a translation of the same address, each displaying a printed invitation to Lafayette to visit Fort Moultrie by the Officers of the U.S. Army, later gilt composite frames, 18 x 11 in. overall ˜, Provenance: By Direct Descent of Governor John Lawrence Manning and Sally Bland Clark Manning, Millford Plantation, South Carolina

Condition

Latin address with sun fading and multiple tears and holes, Gilman address with small hole right border, all with toning and creases
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