Autograph Letter Signed ('W G Stanard | Cor Sectry') to Augustus Bamtridge of Lincoln, England.
Author:
William Glover Stanard [W. G. Stanard] (1858-1933), American editor and antiquary
Publication details:
15 July 1920; on letterhead of the Virginia Historical Society.
£45.00
SKU: 6827
Landscape 12mo, 2 pp. 17 pages of text. Blue oval stamp at head. Good, on lightly creased paper, with small closed tear at head. Difficult hand. 'Bambridge is not a familiar name in Virginia. Very many of the early settlers died from malaria & other fevers soon after arriving.' Discusses the difficulty of genealogical research ('we have a hundred Counties in Virginia').