American Furniture & Decorative Arts
Description:
Manuscript Letter from Joseph Smith to Benjamin Hoppin While Imprisoned in Tripoli, Tripoli, April 14, 1805, lamenting his not receiving any recent communication from Hoppin and lamenting his situation "a correspondent who has been for these eighteen months past shut up within the walls of a dreary prison, cut off from all external communications, not allowed to see or to speak to any one except our guard," four pages, framed, ht. 12 1/4, wd. 18 in.
The property of Brian and Pam Ehrlich
Estimate $300-500
Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Keywords
Joseph Smith, Brian, Pam EhrlichStephen L. Fletcher
Partner/Executive Vice President and Chief Auctioneer
Director of American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3000
Jonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
508-970-3131
Christopher D. Fox
Vice President
Director, Historic Arms & Militaria
Associate Deputy Director, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3200
Paul O’Hara
Business Administrator, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3224
American Furniture & Decorative Arts
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