Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 284
of com-pleting a set was considerable. The forerunner in this country of collectorsof Signers autographs, seems to have beenIsrael K. Tefft, a poor Rhode Island lad born THE SIGNERS AND THEIR AUTOGRAPHS. 80S something over a century ago. Young Tefftwho early lost his parents, was raised on a farm.A… … of Mr. Teffts experiences would make us be-lieve that a special Providence had been enlistedin his behalf. Visiting once (about 1845) agentlemans residence near Savannah and find-ing the owner absent, he walked out on thelawn. A paper was blown across his path, andlistlessly picking it up, he…
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