1850 · New York
by [Mexican-American War]. [Champion, Aristarchus]
New York, 1850. Very good.. Three manuscript letters, totaling nine pages, and approximately X words. All on single folded sheets, all addressed on the verso of the second leaf. Old mailing folds, minor foxing and wear, small hole in second leaf of two letters from removed wax seals. An informative trio of manuscript letters sent by Thomas Spencer and William W. Bliss from New York City to Aristarchus Champion in Rochester. Aristarchus Champion (1784-1871) was a Yale graduate in 1807 and spent a long career as a lawyer, real estate speculator, and philanthropist. He was involved in business dealings with both of his correspondents here, and the letters (truncated)