BIB_ID
136176
Accession number
MA 1023.4
Creator
Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916.
Display Date
1879 Mar. 25.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 27.6 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope is docketed: ""Pinafore" parody, also "Dot little poy of mine""; possibly contained MA 1023.5 along with this poem.
Envelope pre-printed with address: "The Tribune, Kokomo, Indiana" and postage; date taken from 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.
Envelope pre-printed with address: "The Tribune, Kokomo, Indiana" and postage; date taken from 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.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from J.F. Drake, 1925.
Summary
Poem is a parody of "Sir Joseph Porter's Song" ("When I was a Lad I served a Term") from H. M. S. Pinafore, or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor (1878); appended letter following poem insists that Philips assume ownership or at least claim it was received anonymously.
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