"The reader, after perusing this ingenious little letter, will please read it again, commencing on the first line, and then the third and fifth, and so continue, reading each alternate line to the end." When following these instructions, the text begins: The great love I have hitherto expressed for you increases daily. ..., Printed area measures 21.6 x 14.3 cm., Text within ornamental border (De Marsan comic heads border. Cf. Wolf, E. Amer. song sheets, border S)., Henry De Marsan is listed at 54 Chatham Street in New York City directories for 1861 through 1863., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[between 1861 and 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1861 Model 14553.Q (Roughwood)