Sale 2461 - Autographs, November 7, 2017

“MY COUNTRY! ‘TIS OFTHEE” 21 c   SMITH, SAMUEL FRANCIS. Signature,“S.F. Smith,” on a printed copy of his com- plete lyrics to “America.” 1 page, 8vo; horizontal fold. Np, nd [500/750] 22 c   SPARKS, JARED.Autograph Letter Signed, to J.G. Jarvis, Jr., explaining that he can- not advise him on American colonial commerce because he is engaged in preparing to deliver a lecture on the subject, and inviting him to attend. 1 1 / 2 pages, 4to, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; lower half mounted to larger sheet (but letter still legible), faint scattered stains, folds. Cambridge, 5 December 1842 [150/250] “I have received your letter, making inquiry respecting the early commerce of the United States, by which I suppose you mean the colonial commerce. It is a highly interesting subject, to which I have paid a good deal of attention . . . . “On Friday next . . . I shall deliver a Lecture at the Lowell Institute on the ‘Colonial Trade,’ which may afford you some hints, tho it is of a general nature, & intends to explain the monopoly exercised by England over the trade. . . .” 21