To
Clara L. Clemens
16 July 1877 • New York, N.Y. (MS, envelope only: Sotheby’s, New York,
October 1996, UCCL 11992)
(SUPERSEDED)
16 July 1877 • New York, N.Y. (MS, envelope only: Sotheby’s, New York,
October 1996, UCCL 11992)
(SUPERSEDED)
Miss Clara Botheker Clemens | Care J. Langdon & Co | Elmira | N. Y. postmarked: new-york e jul 16 10 am
Christie’s catalog, 17 May 1991, lot 90, partial publication; Sotheby’s catalog, 29 October 1996, no. 6904, lot 210, partial publication.
The envelope was among the letters which, in the 1950s, Clara Clemens Samossoud gave or sold to Chester L. Davis, Sr. After his death in 1987, it became part of the collection of Chester L. Davis, Jr. The letter was sold by Christie’s in 1991 to James Lowe, who in turn sold it to the Jacobses.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.