Burritt Stiles, Left-handed writing sample submitted to penmanship competition for amputees, civil war soldiers, 1867

Burritt Stiles, Left-handed writing sample submitted to penmanship competition for amputees, civil war soldiers,1867 No. 1 West Meridan Conn. Wm Oland. Bourne. Editor of the Soldiers Friend No. 12 Centre St. N.Y. Dear Sir. You will see by this that I am trying for the Prize of fifty dollars, by sending you a specimen of my left hand Penmanship, and in doing so give you you a sketch of how I was unfortunate , and lost my right arm, while a soldier in Uncle Sams Army. Writer Burritt Stiles Handedness Left handed Date written 1867 Paper cm x cm in x in Pen black Penmanship Style Collection Library of Congress Links U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health, exhibition [1] File name Stiles Burritt 18xx-0x-0x