Meagher, John. Letter to S.W. Mitchell regarding the novel "Hugh Wynne", 1896 November 5

MEAGHER, John. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. Wellsboro, PA, Nov. 5, 1896. Five-page letter on rectos of five leaves, with each leaf measuring 9 x 6”. Very good. A letter to Silas Weir Mitchell, praising his novel, Hugh Wynne, and calling attention to a historical inaccuracy Meagher perceived in the work. Meagher, a Pennsylvania local historian, was the co-author of a History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (1895) and a History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania.