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Autograph letter signed : Gramercy Park [New York], to J.P. Morgan, 1906 Jan. 1.

BIB_ID
157885
Accession number
MA 723.5
Creator
Bigelow, John, 1817-1911.
Display Date
1906 Jan. 1.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.4 cm.
Notes
Part of MA 723, a collection assembled for J.P. Morgan Jr. by his librarian, Belle Greene, in 1922, and consisting of numerous items given to Morgan's father, Pierpont Morgan, by John Bigelow in 1906 and 1907, as well as Franklin-related items acquired by the Morgans from various other sources. MA 723 was bound in 1922 and titled "Benjamin Franklin. Autograph letters, notes, etc."; the collection was disbound in the early 2000s and is housed together in a document box. Each item is separately cataloged and the source is noted if known.
The manuscript that Bigelow gave to Morgan, mentioned in this letter, is MA 723.13 in the Morgan's collection.
Another letter from Bigelow to Morgan, MA 723.12, gives more information about the Franklin item.
High reserve.
Summary
Giving him manuscript notes for Franklin's autobiography, saying, "To them that have shall be given," and remembering a recent visit to Morgan's new library.