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 with initials : Cambridge, Mass., to Charlotte Fiske Bates, 1876 Oct. 5.

BIB_ID
120557
Accession number
MA 623.10
Creator
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.
Display Date
1876 Oct. 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.6 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's autograph letters and poems. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 623 for details.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection in 1909.
Summary
Saying he is sorry to hear of her illness; sending her a poem called "In the churchyard at Tarrytown"; asking her not to put her letters in books beause he has trouble finding them.