BIB_ID
296109
Accession number
MA 2534.11
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
Stating that he has nothing to forgive and that he was not angry with her. Noting that "we all have two natures," one which "we strive to keep draped," and which is "delicate as the wings of a butterfly." Alluding to his own awkwardness and previous embarrassments and striving to put her at ease. Wishing that he could visit her in Philadelphia, and stating that he likes her "quite as much -- well, at least nearly as much as you say that you wish."
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