I just can't not rescue things like this. It's the two awkward drawings of the boy with hands in his pockets --one on the back of the envelop, one on a separate little bit of paper--that really do it for me, but the birds flying across the top of the letter and envelope both, and two little drawing of fans and springing flowers are pretty sweet too. And then this letter to mother, written a few days before the Christmas of 1882, addressing everything from potential investments in Kansas to a pumpkin pie contest to trimming deadwood to a recent funeral attended in Brooklyn. Mailed from Richmond Hill (Queens, I believe) to Burlington, NJ. 

Envelop measures 5 1/8" x 3 1/8". All pictured included and all in good condition.