1884 Handwritten Letter with Butterfly and Rich History, Jackson NH early aphabets at Cornell University in Ithaca

at Cornell University in Ithaca

4" t x 4 1/4" in diameter and in perfect as found condition

Photos cannot convey the magnitude of its presence

8 3/4" l x 2 3/4" w overall

makes them as fine as any I've seen

1884 Handwritten Letter with Butterfly and Rich History, Jackson NH early aphabets at Cornell University in IthacaThis makes me happy for all sorts of reasons, the first and most obvious being the tiger swallowtail butterfly hand stitched to the top of it tethered just about 140 years ago, with those two crossed stitches holding it still. "Here is a butter fly. I helped to catch. I have seen twenty of these on the road in one spot," writes the sender to "Robbie" on June 22, 1884, in the carefully printed handwriting of a child, probably of age 10 or 11. Adding to