Description
Handwritten address & letter; letter folded in thirds; letterhead says The University of Wisconsin Madison Department of History Bascom Hall; found your name on the exchange list of Society of Bookplate Collectors & Designers; here is mine, please send yours; my plate made from an early 19th cent. wood block; hope it is by Thomas Bewick! Building is old English Parliament buildings destroyed by fire in 1834. Appropriate as I teach English history; block was a gift from Mr. Gilbert Doane, librarian of our univ. 1 bookplates
Source
Helen Patricia (Patsy) Wilson Bookplate Collection, Washington Public Library, Washington, IA.