[Rarebooks] FS: Fine Sarah Josepha Hale Letter with comments on Capt. William Herndon's chivalry and Godey's

[Charles Agvent]

HALE,  Sarah  Josepha.   AUTOGRAPH  LETTER  SIGNED.  Philadelphia:
October  1857.  Two pages on both sides of one sheet to George  Baker.
Mentions  her  young  friend S. Adams Lee and his request  to  forward
manuscripts  enclosed (no longer present): "A Letter from Leight Hunt"
and  an  unnamed  essay as well as notices "of an intended  effort  to
show  respect  to  the  noble conduct  of  Capt.  Herndon."  Commander
William  Lewis Herndon was the first to explore the Amazon to its head
waters.  He  went  down with his ship in 1857 after  transferring  152
passengers  and crewmen to a rescue ship. His daughter married  future
president  Chester  A.  Arthur. Hale states that "Ladies  should  feel
deeply  interested  in this noble sacrifice to the duty of  protecting
'women  and  children' which Captain Herndon and his officers and  men
so  heroically performed." Hale is perhaps best known as an editor  of
Godey's  Lady's Book, which is mentioned in this letter, and as author
of "Mary Had a Little Lamb." Letters by Hale with any type of content,
such  as  this  one, are not common. Crease marks from  folding.  Near
Fine                                                           $500.00

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