If it is not asking too much, dare I beg that you will do me the great pleasure to transcribe your poem, The Pallid Wreath,1 for my collection of autographs?
The favor would be valued more than I can tell you.
I have the honor to remain
Your obliged servant, Gustav A. Roedell. Gallipolis, Ohio. loc_no.00106_large.jpgCorrespondent:
Gustav A. (Gus) Roedell
operated a drugstore in Gallipolis, Ohio, from 1892 to 1926, and is listed in
the 1880s and 1890s as a secretary and warden of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in
Gallipolis and a charter member and officer of the Gallipolis Elks Lodge No.
107.