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Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA

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AbeBooks seller since March 11, 1998

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Condition: Used

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Item description from seller

This American diplomatic wunderkind had served as U.S. Consul to Singapore, U.S. Consul and Consul General to Hong Kong, negotiator in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War, editor of San Francvisco's "Overland Monthly," author several books such as "The Panglima Muda" (1894) and "Tales of the Malayan Coast" (1899) -- all by the age of 37, when with wife and two children he drowned in San Francisco Bay when his steamer was returning there from Hong Kong in a thick fog. TLS, 1p, 8¼" X 10", Hong Kong, 23 December 1898. Addressed to Jessie L. Gladwin. Good only. Thin and rather fragile age-toned beige stock, with delicate original folds and numerous small chips along lower edge. Good content written several months after the conclusion of the Spanish-American War (August 13), reading in part: "By the time your very kind request of August 1st arrived, the war was practically finished, so although it would have given me great pleasure to have answered it, its object would have been defeated. The "Red Cross" Society has done splendid work in Manila, and we are all very proud of our American women." Boldly signed in full in brown ink. Interesting and unusual.…

Seller Inventory # 42150

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WILDMAN, Rounsevelle (1864-1901)
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Autographs, Government & Politics

Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA

Galena, IL, U.S.A.

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AbeBooks seller since March 11, 1998

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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts has been buying and selling quality books, autographs and ephemera since 1991. We specialize in general antiquarian, first editions, signed books and autographs and documents. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA), Universal Autograph Collectors Club (UACC) and The Manuscript Society.

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Americana, Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, U.S. Grant, American History, Literature, Military History, Autographs, Letters, Documents, Historical Manuscripts, General Antiquarian and O.P.

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  • Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America
  • Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association
  • International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
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Seller's business information

Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

9304 Saturn Ln
Galena, IL U.S.A. 61036