BIB_ID
296004
Accession number
MA 2532.9
Creator
Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904.
Display Date
1899 July 18.
Credit line
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 20.3 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 15 letters from Lafcadio Hearn to the J. P. Stetson Co. representative Emil Gullman. Letters are described individually in 15 catalog records (MA 2532.1-15); see collection level record for more information.
Provenance
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Summary
Praising the life of the "commercial travelers" (i.e., traveling salesmen), referencing Gullman's work as a dictionary salesman, and encouraging Gullman to write a sketch of his travels. Relating that he met the U.S. Consul Bedloe, who was very impressed with Hearn's Stetson hat. Referencing Gullman's travels, noting that Hearn would be "very happy to have had one-third of your experience in simply seeing the East."
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