BIB_ID
296107
Accession number
MA 2534.10
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.
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
Thanking her for a package of books, and professing his belief in Darwin's theories. Noting: "I do not believe in God -- neither God of Greece nor of Rome nor any other God," but stating "I do indeed revere Woman as the creator ... I could almost worship Aphrodite arisen." Apologizing for his busy schedule, noting that he "would see you very often if it were possible." Wishing that he could travel to Philadelphia but noting that he probably cannot. Noting that he is not trying to stay away from her, and asking her to state explicitly what he should do.
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