Christmas letter penned by woman offering her baby up, having mistakenly read an advertisement for an infant mistress as a request for an infant
by Mrs. Holtham
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Longmont , Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Cheltenham, 1893. Letter. Very good. In a Christmastime letter of 1893, a woman writes in great error, apparently responding to an advertisement in a local newspaper in which a school is looking for a an infant mistress, to which she offers her own. Mrs. Holtham, a mother of six writes offering to part with her youngest child, Having seen in Citizen of the 21st that you are in request of an infant. I have an infant, three months old, very pretty, fair with blue eyes. I have five children besides from 11 to a year and 8 months. Should be willing to part with infant on conditions that It would have a good home and well cared for . Kindly write and state particulars and oblige, Yours truly...
Folded letter with creaselines. Overwritten in red, by someone greatly surprised by content. Mailing envelope affixed, address partially lost.
Folded letter with creaselines. Overwritten in red, by someone greatly surprised by content. Mailing envelope affixed, address partially lost.
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Details
- Seller
- Little Sages Books, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 2799
- Title
- Christmas letter penned by woman offering her baby up, having mistakenly read an advertisement for an infant mistress as a request for an infant
- Author
- Mrs. Holtham
- Format/Binding
- Letter
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Cheltenham
- Date Published
- 1893
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social Science;
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About the Seller
Little Sages Books, ABAA
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Longmont , Colorado
About Little Sages Books, ABAA
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....