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 "Lige Rockey" : [Greenfield?], to "Editor Tribune," 1879 Mar.

BIB_ID
136173
Accession number
MA 1023.1
Creator
Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916.
Display Date
1879 Mar.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (12 p.) ; 21.4 cm
Notes
Docketed.
Includes poem "Make home attractive."
Part of a collection of autograph poems, articles and letters written by James Whitcomb Riley to Charles H. Philips of the Kokomo Tribune. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from J.F. Drake, 1925.
Summary
Discussing at length his views regarding the "Home" department of the Tribune, most specifically, on the punishment of children and "making home attractive," with an anecdote about a Mr. Ringwood.