BIB_ID
288741
Accession number
MA 4292.11
Creator
Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962.
Display Date
1960 Apr. 7.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Henry T. Curtiss, 1973.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 27.9 cm + envelope
Notes
Part of a collection of 21 letters from E. E. Cummings to Mina Curtiss (MA 4292.1-21); 7 letters from Marion Morehouse to Mina Curtiss (MA 4293.1-7); 51 drawings and sketches (MA 4291.1-51); and 4 photographs (MA 4291.52-55). Items are cataloged individually in 83 records.
Signed "bonne chance! EEC" in red pencil.
The fifth sentence quoted is "I cannot count one," which Cummings has typed this in red.
Written from 4 Patchin Place. Envelope with stamp and postmarks and addressed to "Mrs Henry T Curtiss / 156 E 71st Street / New York City."
Signed "bonne chance! EEC" in red pencil.
The fifth sentence quoted is "I cannot count one," which Cummings has typed this in red.
Written from 4 Patchin Place. Envelope with stamp and postmarks and addressed to "Mrs Henry T Curtiss / 156 E 71st Street / New York City."
Summary
Quoting 7 sentences from Walden, beginning with "Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in." Following the quotation with a note that the "fifth sentence went to Harvard."
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