Autograph letter signed : Concord, Mass., to George Gordon, 1850 Feb. [i.e. Mar.] 6.

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Autograph letter signed : Concord, Mass., to George Gordon, 1850 Feb. [i.e. Mar.] 6.

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Explaining that he just received Gordon's letter because it was addressed to him in Boston instead of Concord; saying that he was flattered by Gordon's request for "a copy of [his] head for Mr. Powell's book"; noting that "the few artists who have painted or daguerrotyped [his] head, have agreed unanimously that [he] was a bad sitter, & they could make nothing of [his] face."

1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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