Caroline Fillmore Signed "The Bow in the Cloud" Book of Bereavement, Following Husband's Death

"The Bow in the Cloud: and the First Bereavement" by Reverend John R. MacDuff. New York: Robert Carter and Bros., 1873. Eighteenmo, [5]-146pp. Signed on the front pastedown "Caroline C. Fillmore/Saturday May 23d/Buffalo 1874", with an additional signature on the first page, "Caroline C. Fillmore." Black-brown cloth-bound covers with gilt titling at the spine. With an additional library cataloging sticker at the spine. Bumping and some material loss at the spine, with light wear and soiling to the covers. Minor toning to internal pages. Sound binding. Boldly signed.

Caroline Carmichael McIntosh Fillmore (1813-1881) was the second wife of 13th U.S. President Millard Fillmore. Her first husband was Ezekiel C. McIntosh (1806–1855), a prosperous New York merchant who, upon his death, left Caroline a very wealthy widow. She married Fillmore in 1858, five years after he had left office. They are believed to have had a happy marriage, but Caroline's mental and physical health began to decline in the 1860s, and Millard Fillmore's sudden death in 1874 only aggravated her condition - making her more eccentric, and temperamental. It is likely that she received this book shortly after her husband's death.

John Ross Macduff (1818-1895) was a Scottish divine and prolific author of religious essays. He published many practical and devotional works which attained a wide circulation.

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