Wife of explorer and politician John C. Fremont (1824–1902), she was the daughter of the famed Senator Thomas Hart Benton and an author of several popular memoirs and western stories. ALS, one page on a black-bordered sheet, 4.25 x 6.75, Los Angeles, April 29, 1893. Letter to an admirer. In part: “I send you registered the only copy of the only one of my books I have here—and a photograph made of me when I was nearing the fifties.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, filled out in Fremont’s hand, and an unsigned original carte-de-visite portrait. RR Auction COA.
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