CLARA BARTON(1821-1912) American nurse who tended the wounded in the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross. Fine content A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo., Glen Echo, Sep. 28, 1907 to "My very dear secretary" of the National First Aid Association, in part: "...I did receive Dr. Hartung's resignation and but for one whispered word at Saratoga, a perfect surprise...I thought I must accept, but still the board must be the final body of action. I did not presume to act over its head...Before the final election by the Board of another Medical Director, would it be in order that I ask some hint be given me?...Lord knows what his adversary may put into the heart, or head of an enemy to do...I am so tired and choked that I must go to bed..." Fine. $400-500