Admiring you so much, my cousin1 and I have ventured to write and ask whether you will be kind enough to send us your autograph.
Hoping you will not refuse to send us two autographs as we have separate collections,
I remain very sincerely [cut away] [illegible]H. L. (Ida Strauss) loc_jp.00212_large.jpg loc_jp.00211_large.jpg loc_jp.00210_large.jpgCorrespondent:
Federal Census data for 1880
records nine women named "Ida Strauss" living in Brooklyn and Manhattan; the
1892 New York State Census lists three, all living in Brooklyn. Unfortunately,
the 1890 census records were destroyed by fire in the 1920s. At present, we are
unsure as to the identity of this correspondent or her cousin.