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Autograph signature to letter (dictated to his son, Hallam Tennyson) : Freshwater, Isle of Wight, to Joseph B. Gilder, 1889 Jan. 27.

BIB_ID
115978
Accession number
MA 238.41
Creator
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892.
Display Date
1889 Jan. 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.6 cm
Notes
In Hallam Tennyson's hand with a note explaining that his father is suffering from "rheumatic gout" and cannot write himself.
Part of a large collection of letters and poems written as tributes to James Russell Lowell on his 70th birthday. Items in the collection are described in separate records; see MA 238 for more information.
Written on stationery with "Harringford, Freshwater, Isle of Wight" printed at the top.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Joseph B. Gilder, 1905.
Summary
Paying tribute to James Russell Lowell on his 70th birthday.