Jane de Forest Shelton Signed 1893 Author of Salt-Box House Harpers Connecticut
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Jane de Forest Shelton Signed 1893 Author of Salt-Box House Harpers Connecticut. A talented writer, shecontributed to. The Salt-Box House. The leaf is inscribed“Sincerely your friend, Jane de Forest Shelton, Greystone, Birmingham, Conn., Feby. 22nd 1893.”. A genuine 19th-century autograph, not a reproduction. Autograph Signature with Place & Date — Jane de Forest Shelton, Connecticut Author of The Salt-Box House & Harper’s Contributor (1893) Offered here is an original autograph closing and signature in the hand of Jane de Forest Shelton (1843–1914), the Connecticut author and historian best known for The Salt-Box House. The leaf is inscribed “Sincerely your friend, Jane de Forest Shelton, Greystone, Birmingham, Conn., Feby. 22nd 1893.” A genuine 19th-century autograph, not a reproduction. The Item This is the closing page of a letter (or an album leaf), bearing the warm valediction, her full signature, her home “Greystone” in Birmingham, Connecticut, and the date February 22, 1893. The signature is bold, elegant, and highly legible — an attractive example of her hand. About Jane de Forest Shelton Jane de Forest Shelton (1843–1914) was a respected American author and historian. She was the daughter of Edward Nelson Shelton, the prominent industrialist and developer for whom the city of Shelton, Connecticut, is named. A talented writer, she contributed to Harper’s Monthly Magazine and earned a solid reputation as a historian of New England life. Her best-known work, The Salt-Box House: Eighteenth Century Life in a New England Hill Town (1900), is a vivid and affectionate social history drawn from her own family’s papers, journals, and heirlooms — today regarded as an early and pioneering example of American “microhistory,” still in print and admired more than a century later. This autograph dates from 1893 — the period when she was actively writing for Harper’s and gathering the material that would become The Salt-Box House. A signed leaf from this accomplished Connecticut woman of letters is a desirable piece for collectors of American literary autographs, women writers, and Connecticut history. Archive Note This autograph descends with related literary correspondence; notably, the collection also includes a letter to “Miss Jenne de Forest Shelton” from Henry Mills Alden, editor of Harper’s Magazine (1891), concerning one of her manuscripts and its illustrations — documenting precisely the Harper’s connection reflected in her career. Condition Single leaf, inscribed in ink, with generous blank space below the signature (ideal for display or framing). Light age toning; clean, with the signature bold and crisp. Please see photos, which form part of the description. Authenticity Guaranteed authentic original, hand-written and hand-signed period autograph Place / Date Greystone, Birmingham, Connecticut — February 22, 1893 Shipping FREE shipping — carefully packaged flat against bending and moisture
