by Browne, G.[eorge] B.
quarto, three pages, plus stamp less address leaf, formerly folded, some tape repairs along folds and fold intersections, else good.
Browne was apparently a New Yorker who had become partners in a Charleston dry goods shop which had been in business selling carpets since the 1830s but was now offering imported British and French luxury cloths – cashmere, tweed, silk - and Irish linens to the city's elite. What he undoubtedly did not discuss with his clientele were his private political opinions, which can be deduced from this letter written a week after the presidential election. While at the head of the letter, he has written the news " - Buchanan (truncated)
Browne was apparently a New Yorker who had become partners in a Charleston dry goods shop which had been in business selling carpets since the 1830s but was now offering imported British and French luxury cloths – cashmere, tweed, silk - and Irish linens to the city's elite. What he undoubtedly did not discuss with his clientele were his private political opinions, which can be deduced from this letter written a week after the presidential election. While at the head of the letter, he has written the news " - Buchanan (truncated)
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