CONCORD

1p., 8vo. On yellow paper. On lightly-aged paper, with slight wear and creasing along one edge, and thin stub from previous mounting adhering to the reverse. The poem is twenty lines long, arranged in five stanzas, and signed at the foot 'George Steele Seymour'. Beneath this, in Seymour's hand: 'Special greetings to Mrs.

On both sides of white card, 6.5 x 10 cm, with three lines in Latin (beginning 'Venisti centum') on one side, signed at foot 'H. B. Sanborn | Concord Feb 17. 1886', and the English translation in six lines on the other side, also signed at foot: 'F. B. Sanborn | Concord Feby 17 '86'. The translation reads: 'I kept my bed; to ease my pain | You came, good doctor, with your train; | A hundred hands, colder than Boston greeting, | Fingered my pulse to count its languid beating. | I had no fever, Dr Puff!

1p., 4to. Good. He has received no reply to the letter he wrote 'in relation to the Report about which we have conferred', and was 'in hopes to have been able to see you at Dorchester before this time', but has had 'another ill time', being 'confined again to my room'. He has received a letter from 'Dr <?> of New York in relation to the , and an answer is required forthwith'. He asks Jarvis to call as soon as possible. It was under the influence of Shattuck that Jarvis first became interested in statistics.?>?>

Octavo: 31 pp. Stitched and unbound, with front of the original printed wraps, which bears the title-page, still present. Text clear and entire, on aged paper with some dogearing and chipping to top outer corner. Front wrap creased and lightly stained, with a little chipping, but with text clear and entire. Pencil ownership inscription in contemporary hand at head of title. Reproduces the proposed amended constitution and various resolutions regarding a referendum on the subject.