BIB_ID
120595
Accession number
MA 648.5
Creator
Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891.
Display Date
Tuesday [ca. 1868 Sept. 24].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 16.8 cm
Notes
Dating based on the relationship of this letter to MA 648.6.
Part of a collection of letters and manuscripts related to James Russell Lowell. Items in the collection have been described separately in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from Elmwood. Initially dated Monday, but this has been canceled and Tuesday has been written above.
Part of a collection of letters and manuscripts related to James Russell Lowell. Items in the collection have been described separately in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from Elmwood. Initially dated Monday, but this has been canceled and Tuesday has been written above.
Provenance
Stephen H. Wakeman; purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection in 1909.
Summary
Regarding the publication of her "sweet and graceful" poem, regretting that he has no influence with the editors at the Atlantic Monthly. Giving some suggestions as to its composition and predicting that the poem "will be popular."
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