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To J. T. Fields : autograph poem signed and accompanying autograph letter signed, 1870 Nov. 18.

BIB_ID
137773
Accession number
MA 925.62
Creator
Shillaber, B. P. (Benjamin Penhallow), 1814-1890.
Display Date
1870 Nov. 18.
Credit line
Bequest of Annie Fields, 1915.
Description
2 items (1 p. and 3 p.) ; 23.2 and 20.3 cm
Notes
Part of an album of manuscript poems and letters of nineteenth-century English and American authors collected by Mrs. Annie Fields, author and literary hostess in Boston. Manuscripts in the album are described in individual records; see MA 925 for more information.
Provenance
Annie Fields.
Summary
A poem (3 p.) written in honor to James T. Fields and signed "Yours ever B.P. Shillaber" and a note (1 p.) commenting on the poem and signed "Your old friend Ben."