American author (1836–1902) best known for his colorful tales of California pioneers, including the much-anthologized story “The Outcasts of Poker Flat.”
Document signed by Harte while Consul of the United States at Glasgow, approving the shipment of "5 quarters, 20 octaves" of Red Star and Superior Old Pembroke Jamaica Rum by J.B. Sherriff & Co., aboard the S.S. Illinois, departing Liverpool, to Alexander Whitten & Co. of Philadelphia, March 3, 1883.
The manuscript attachment is executed in various hands, and includes an inventory and manuscript replications, in color, of the labels. Harte served as Consul in Glasgow 1880 - 1885.
American author (1836–1902) best known for his colorful tales of California pioneers, including the much-anthologized story “The Outcasts of Poker Flat.”
Document signed by Harte while Consul of the United States at Glasgow, approving the shipment of "5 quarters, 20 octaves" of Red Star and Superior Old Pembroke Jamaica Rum by J.B. Sherriff & Co., aboard the S.S. Illinois, departing Liverpool, to Alexander Whitten & Co. of Philadelphia, March 3, 1883.
The manuscript attachment is executed in various hands, and includes an inventory and manuscript replications, in color, of the labels. Harte served as Consul in Glasgow 1880 - 1885.
