BIB_ID
291008
Accession number
MA 7472
Creator
Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891.
Display Date
1874 Dec. 19.
Credit line
Gift of the Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.8 cm
Notes
Written from Elmwood, Lowell's birthplace and long-time home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Written in pencil on a blank page: "To [Chas. P. Sherlock?]"
Written in pencil on a blank page: "To [Chas. P. Sherlock?]"
Provenance
Joseph F. McCrindle.
Summary
Noting that "a sincere & therefore genuine autograph cannot be written to order," for "the demon of consciousness looks over our shoulder & jogs our elbow," but wishing him "a merry xmas" nonetheless.
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