BIB_ID
296342
Accession number
MA 2534.16
Creator
Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904.
Display Date
[1876].
Credit line
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 21.8 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.
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.
Provenance
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Summary
Reluctantly accepting the girt of a "crystal vessel," which he has filled with good brown ale. Begging "that I may not be favored with any more such kindnesses," noting that he doesn't merit them and "feel[s] the reverse of pleasant by accepting them." Referencing his 1874 wedding to Althea Foley, noting that it was an "insult to Society" and that "Society avenged it right speedily."
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