698. A SON OF THE SOUTH ASKS THE LADIES OF VIRGINIA TO PRESENT A COWARD WITH WOMEN'S CLOTHING A most unusual 4pp. 8vo., August 23 (no year, but undoubtedly 1861 from the language and circumstances set forth in the letter) in which "Son of the South" writes "To the Ladies of Hanover", in part: "Taking into consideration the mighty national crisis that now pends over the Confederate States....we had hoped that every son of the sunny South would nobly spring to her assistance to drive back the accursed invader from the hallowed soil of Virginia ...Knowing the unutterable scorn with which the fair daughters of Virginia are want to treat cowardice in its every form ...we feel assured that the proposition which we now...most respectfully propose, will meet with your unqualified approbation. Being aware of the unmanly if not cowardly manner in which one among you, Mr. Robert Carter, has acted we as representatives of many of the Confederate soldiers do propose that the fair ladies of Hanover present him with such an apparel from the lady's wardrobe as best suits his character if not his name... the gallant South breeds no traitors nor will its evening zephirs echo to the whoop of the coward....all we ask of nature or of man is a sight of the dastard foe and in thunder tones the thrilling order to 'charge'..." Few minor dampstains, else very good. $200-300