Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : [place not specified], to Mrs. Cobden Sanderson, [1882-1926?].

BIB_ID
106726
Accession number
MA 9161.3
Creator
Burns, John, 1858-1943.
Display Date
[1882-1926?].
Credit line
Purchased, 1956.
Description
1 item (1 page) 17.8 x 11.4 cm
Notes
The letter is undated. However, it is addressed to "Mrs. Cobden-Sanderson" and Anne Cobden-Sanderson was married in 1882 and died in 1926.
Previously accessioned as MA 1754, part of a collection of letters to T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, his wife Anne Cobden-Sanderson, and other relatives.
Provenance
Purchased at Sotheby Sale, 27 June 1956, Lot 708.
Summary
Declining an invitation, saying "You must let me off[.] I am very busy, overworked, and not so well as I should like to be."