Salvation Army leader and cofounder of the Volunteers of America (1865–1948). ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, Salvation Army letterhead, March 20, 1893. Letter to a generous donor. In part: “You may be interested in hearing something of what our Rescue Home in New York City is doing for fallen womanhood…seventy-three women have passed through…Of these seventy-three, fifty professed and gave every evidence of conversion, and are now doing well either in situations or in their own homes. This seems to us a good average when we remember that thirty-three of these rescued were habitual drunkards of from three to eight years standing.” In fine condition. RR Auction COA.
