BIB_ID
136174
Accession number
MA 1023.2
Creator
Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916.
Display Date
1879 Mar. 18.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.6 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope pre-printed with address: "The Tribune, Kokomo, Indiana" and postage; docketed and with postmark.
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.
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
Asking him to change the signature of his previous letter (see MA 1023.1) from "Lige Rockey" to "John C. Walker" for use in the Tribune; enclosing "a batch of locals, hoping you may find something among them you can use"; commenting on the failure by the Dispatch to acknowledge receipt of his poem "Leonainie."
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