Sold for:
$2,820
$2,820
Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894), Autograph quotation signed, dated Boston, June 15th, 1877, one page, the third and final stanza from "Old Ironsides," "Oh, better that her shattered bulk/ Should sink beneath the wave; /Her thunders shook the mighty deep,/And there should be her grave;/ Nail to the mast her holy flag,/ Set every threadbare sail,/ And give her to the god of storms,/The lightning and the gale!," framed, (folds, mat toning). Note: By repute, this patriotic poem saved the USS Constitution from being scrapped in the 19th century.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2004-11-21
