Buy this book on-line Rev. D.M. MACLISE : 1877 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER BY NOTED REVEREND IMPLORING THE SINGER SEWING COMPANY TO HELP PROVIDE A MEANS OF INCOME TO THE DRESSMAKERS AND SEWING GIRLS WHO LOST ALL IN THE MASSIVE FIRE THAT DESTROYED HALF THE CITY SAINT JOHN NEW BRUNSWICK
32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. On offer is an interesting and significant manuscript letter dated July 7th 1877 Saint John New Brunswick wherein Reverend D.M. Maclise, Pastor of the Calvin Church, writes mere days after the Great Saint John Fire, to the Singer Sewing Company a four [4] page letter imploring them to, like other manufacturers, sell or donate sewing machines as the 'conflagration which has consumed more than half of this city, [leaving] many dressmakers and sewing girls have lost all and thereby deprived of all means of support. A sewing machine to them is indispensible.' He goes on to mention the Chicago company - the leading manufacturer - selling machines at half price. Historians and researchers of the era and New Brunswick will find the letter relates significantly to the social study and class structure prevalent in Saint John of the time. Save for a one inch 'v' shape cut at the fold and a small hold protected by tape the letter is VG.. Manuscript. Book Condition: Good+ Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Rev. D.M. MACLISE : 1877 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER BY NOTED REVEREND IMPLORING THE SINGER SEWING COMPANY TO HELP PROVIDE A MEANS OF INCOME TO THE DRESSMAKERS AND SEWING GIRLS WHO LOST ALL IN THE MASSIVE FIRE THAT DESTROYED HALF THE CITY SAINT JOHN NEW BRUNSWICK. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including used books, atlases, livres anciens, libri rari and livres illustrées. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |