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WEBSTER, NOAH. Autograph Document Signed, twice with one in the third
person within the text, receipt acknowledging items consigned to Nicholas Power for sale
and noting the terms of sale. 1 page, square 8vo; staining at points along left edge with
minor loss at middle and lower left edge, docketing verso, folds with horizontal one
through signature (without loss). (MRS)
NewYork, 13 December 1788
[500/750]
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Nicholas Power Rec’d of Noah Webster to sell on Commission 279 Magazines a 20/a
dozen, 35 Maps of the Southern States a 2/, Deduct one seventh of those which are sold, for
Commission. . . . [P]ay his charge of one advertisement only, which is all I requested him to
insert.”
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WELLS, H.G. Autograph Letter Signed, to “My dear Low,” critiquing some of his
articles and comparing them to another Low wrote. 3 pages, 8vo, written on a folded
sheet; faint scattered staining to first page, docketing along top edge of first page in an
unknown hand.
Sandgate, 26 May 1902
[200/300]
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I have read all these articles with interest & admiration.They are good but variegated[?]— . . . .
not quite in the vein of happy portraiture you have struck in the Rhodes. Mostly they . . . are
observations.What struck me about the Rhodes was that it was a complete exhaustive impression. . . .
You play the artist & get at the bowels of the thing. For the most part with these other articles you
don’t do that. . . . I hope to goodness you’ll let yourself out again soon.”
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