[John Scott Russell, engineer and shipbuilder who built Brunel?s ?Great Eastern?.] Autograph Letter Signed to an invalid, responding to a request [for an autograph].

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged, with strip of tape from mount adhering to the blank second leaf of the bifolium. Folded once. The recipient (?Dear Sir?) is not named. Signed ?J. Scott. Russell?. Apparently responding to a request for an autograph from an invalid, he begins by stating that he is ?sorry to hear? of the recipient?s ?prolonged suffering?, but that he is ?glad to learn that you occupy your inforced in [sic] thinking more about others than about yourself?. He ends by expressing pleasure in complying with the recipient?s request.