BIB_ID
101293
Accession number
MA 685.3
Creator
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894.
Display Date
1887 Dec. 8.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters and manuscripts of Oliver Wendell Holmes. See collection record for MA 685 for more information.
Provenance
Stephen H. Wakeman; purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Summary
Stating that he will provide a portrait of John Motley and an example of his signature, and stating that he may be able to write a biographical sketch [for the Cyclopedia of American Biography] if "some little time could be allowed."
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