AQS, one page, lightly-lined, 5.75 x 9, Hoffman House letterhead, January 21, 1888. Ochiltree pens a verse from Tennyson, in full: “Howe’er it be, it seems to me, / ’Tis only noble to be good. / Kind hearts are more than coronets, / And simple faith than Norman blood.” Affixed to a slightly larger sheet. Central vertical and horizontal folds (the vertical fold passing through a single letter of the signature), a few small tears to the left edge, and general wrinkling from adhesive to reverse, otherwise fine condition. RR Auction COA.
