1884 Handwritten Letter with Butterfly and Rich History, Jackson NH early aphabets Cards measure 5 1/2" x

Cards measure 5 1/2" x 3 5/16"

Photos cannot convey the magnitude of its presence

at Cornell University in Ithaca

I would be inclined to display them just as I've shot them

1884 Handwritten Letter with Butterfly and Rich History, Jackson NH early aphabets Cards measure 5 1/2" xThis makes me happy for all sorts of reasons, the first and most obvious being the tiger swallowtail butterfly hand stitched to the top of it tethered just about 140 years ago, with those two crossed stitches holding it still. "Here is a butter fly. I helped to catch. I have seen twenty of these on the road in one spot," writes the sender to "Robbie" on June 22, 1884, in the carefully printed handwriting of a child, probably of age 10 or 11. Adding to