ALS, two pages, 5.25 x 8, Princeton, New Jersey, September 7, 1895. A letter To J.H. Whitty in Richmond. In part: “I must thank you heartily for your offer of the ‘Westover Papers to me at $25.00. The sum is large for my purse, but it is small, even generously small, on your part, and I make a special effort to pay it - in part to show my appreciation of your liberality, as well as because I need the book in my historical work. I should be obliged if you would send the volumes by express…My little collection of books is of a very singular kind: for I buy as I write, and only such books as our college library cannot supply me with.” In fine condition, with expected toning, a small separation along the vertical fold. Wilson was professor of jurisprudence and political economy at Princeton from 1890-1895 and of jurisprudence from 1895-1897. He wrote The State and Federal Government of the United States (1891); Division and Reunion, 1829-1889(1893) in the Epochs of American History series; An Old Master and Other Political Essays (1893); Mere Literature and Other Essays (1893); George Washington (1896), among others. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
