
Will you please grant me the favor of your autograph. I have a large collection to which I earnestly desire to add your name, especially as I am trying to complete my list of the Poets and Authors of our country. I have your works, and should indeed Sir be very much obliged if you would grant the above request, and if not presuming and perfectly agreable agreeable to your wishes, I would thank you sincerely for a line or sentence other than the signature. I am Sir with sentiments of the highest consideration and respect
Very truly yours, E. F. Strickland, Jr.