104. VARINA H. DAVIS Unusual A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo., New York, Jan. 25, 1903 to "Mrs. Sartoris", undoubtedly Nellie Grant, the daughter of President U.S. Grant. In part: "...I should have written to you after your dear mother's death [1902]...I know how desolate you are and my thoughts have been much with you...Up to the hour of her death your mother preserved her child like sympathies and this is a rare grace in one of her age...she had participated in so many of the world's great events...I wish my dear child I could in some way serve and comfort you...all I can do is to feel with and for you and your brothers...". One page bears a bit of marginal glue stains, else very good. 400 - 500