1880s ALS Jas W Howarth Glen Riddle PA Autograph Collector Signers Declaration For Sale

1880s ALS Jas W Howarth Glen Riddle PA Autograph Collector Signers Declaration

5" by 8"

• Type: Autograph Letter Signed (ALS)

• Sender: James W. Howarth (Listed in the 1884 Numismatic Directory as a prominent autograph collector)

• Location: Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania (Stamped letterhead)

• Date: November 30th (c. 1880s)

• Content: A highly interesting piece of early American philatelic/ephemera collecting history. Howarth writes to a fellow collector regarding trading manuscript items ("mss") of Revolutionary War Generals and Signers of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

GLEN RIDDLE, PA.Nov 30th,

Dear friend:-Your at hand "O K" thanks,I will try and make you outa list of Duplicates - Signers,Declaration & Constitution & Genlsof War of Independence.Kindly send me the mssof Wm Williams and if satisfactoryI will give you a Mifflin.Also keep me posted in yourDuplicates.

In Haste Yours as everJ Howarth

This letter offers a rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the late 19th-century American hobby of collecting historical autographs and manuscripts.

• The "Wm Williams" Mentioned: Refers to the manuscript/autograph of William Williams, a Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut.

• The "Mifflin" Mentioned: Refers to Thomas Mifflin, a Signer of the U.S. Constitution, Major General in the Continental Army, and the 1st Governor of Pennsylvania.