DANA, RICHARD H. Autograph Letter Signed, to Mrs. Charles Bowen, responding to her request for autographs, "You left me in doubt whether you cared for anything more than my name in the 12 autographs which you asked for . . . I am sorry that you did

DANA, RICHARD H. Autograph Letter Signed, to Mrs. Charles Bowen, responding to her request for autographs, "You left me in doubt whether you cared for anything more than my name in the 12 autographs which you asked for . . . I am sorry that you did not state what form you wished the autographs to be put; & saw only hope that I have been enough of a Yankee not to have guessed much amiss." 1 page, folded 8vosheet with integral blank; hinged to a larger sheet. Boston, 19 March1864