Handwitten and signed letter, dated 21 Nov. 1866, and addressed to Henry Brokmayer, perhaps Henry Conrad Brokmayer, an American author. Botta accepts election a member of the "St. Louis Philosophical Society." Also included is a handwritten and unsigned noted dated 6 April of an unspecified year. The item states, "Mrs. Botta will be much pleased if her name can be of any use in promoting the work on the pedestal." With the collection is a portrait of "Mrs. Botta," an American poet, that has been clipped from a magazine. The portrait includes a photo-mechanical reproduction of Mrs. Botta's autograph.