Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed with initials : Lowestoft, to Horace Basham, 1880 Oct. 2.

BIB_ID
294449
Accession number
MA 860.22
Creator
FitzGerald, Edward, 1809-1883.
Display Date
1880 Oct. 2.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.6 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 22 letters from Edward FitzGerald to Horace Basham (MA 860.1-14, .16-23) and 1 letter from FitzGerald to Arthur Basham (MA 860.15). Items are described individually; see collection record (MA 860.1-23) for more information.
Written from 18 Arnold Street, Lowestoft.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. before 1913.
Summary
Stating his intention to travel home to Woodbridge the following week, and hoping to visit Aldeburgh soon. Mentioning that he has not been in a boat during the last two months, noting that "the Sea is too dirty." Discussing fishing and enclosing (not present) a postal order.