Lamenting the death of Henry L. Pierce, former mayor of Boston and close friend of the Aldrich family, and hoping for a visit, in an autograph letter to William Winter (“Dear Will”), signed by Aldrich (“Tom”), Dec. 29, 1896
8vo. 2-pages, approximately 150 words, in part: “The day after the death of our dear old friend Mr. Pierce I was taken down with a cold of the lungs, and am only now able to be about … whenever you can manage to run away from your work send me..... More