Brockelman November 2026 Auction

Lot #12:

1861 Alexander Cartwright Letterpress Letter

1861 Alexander Cartwright Letterpress Letter which was Cartwrights way of making a copy of all his out-going correspondence by taking a freshly penned letter and placing it in an press against of very light onion-skin paper which is what we have here, an onion-skin copy from an original letter complete with his signature.