Holograph, signed.
A. L. Otis sends a contribution for the Liberty Bell. He says: "I was told as true the two stories of which I have here made one. But I cannot vouch for their truth."
A. L. Otis is a pseudonym; the author's real name is unknown. (See A. L. Otis's letter to Maria Weston Chapman, Dec. 23, 1857, Call No. Ms.4.6.A v.3, p.119.)