Autograph letter signed : Oak Knoll, Danvers, Mass., to "my dear friend," 1886 [Mar. or May] 8.

Record ID: 
292841
Accession number: 
MA 139.28
Author: 
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description: 
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.8 cm
Notes: 

The month of the date is partly illegible.
The recipient of the letter is unknown but may be Cyrus W. Field.
Part of a large collection of letters to Cyrus Field and documents related to the first transatlantic telegraph cable. Items in the collection are described in separate records; see MA 139 for more information.

Summary: 

Thanking him for his letter; mentioning a children's story.

Provenance: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York Co-operative Society, 1909.