BIB_ID
101806
Accession number
MA 685.4
Creator
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894.
Display Date
1887 Dec. 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 15 cm
Notes
Letter is written in the hand of an amanuensis, and signed by Holmes.
Letter is written on the interior of a folded sheet, which is printed with a notice stating that Dr. Holmes is obliged to "avail himself of the services of an assistant in writing."
Part of a collection of letters and manuscripts of Oliver Wendell Holmes. See collection record for MA 685 for more information.
Letter is written on the interior of a folded sheet, which is printed with a notice stating that Dr. Holmes is obliged to "avail himself of the services of an assistant in writing."
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 is unable to write a biographical sketch of John Motley for the American Cyclopedia of Biography. Promising to supply a copy of a previously written Memoir, which "will furnish most of the facts."
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