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 : Cincinnati, to [Ellen Freeman], [1876].

BIB_ID
296106
Accession number
MA 2534.9
Creator
Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904.
Display Date
[1876].
Credit line
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 21.7 cm
Notes
Dating: See Letters from the Raven.
Part of a collection of correspondence between Lafcadio Hearn, Ellen Freeman, and Henry Watkin. Letters are described in individual catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
Written on Cincinnati Commercial stationery.
Provenance
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Summary
Apologizing for his delay in answering her letters and expressing appreciation for her friendship. Noting that he has been busy the past two days, and referencing some research he is doing for her, alluding to John D. Caldwell. Reporting that he has been busy all day among "noisy crowds of enthusiastic catholics," and discussing the difficulty of writing letters so late at night.