BIB_ID
296401
Accession number
MA 2534.20
Creator
Watkin, Henry, 1824-1910.
Display Date
[1876-1877].
Credit line
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 16.9 cm
Notes
Dating: Hearn's relationship with Ellen Freeman seems to have formed in 1875. In 1876, they argued, and in 1877 Hearn moved to New Orleans.--Cf. A fantastic journey: the life and literature of Lafcadio Hearn, by Paul Murray (1993), p. 45 and Letters from the Raven, ed. Milton Bronner (1906), p. 113.
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.
With a note on p. 3: "Written by H Watkin (ECG)." This note may be in the same hand as the text of the letter.
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.
With a note on p. 3: "Written by H Watkin (ECG)." This note may be in the same hand as the text of the letter.
Provenance
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Summary
Referencing her argument with Lafcadio Hearn, and discussing his position as mediator. Stating that she is "incapable of noting the same strange (sex) infatuation (or worse) under which [she is] laboring," noting that she is "indulging in a sickly (sex) sentimentality, that could only be looked for in a simple school girl of seventeen & which even there ought to be spanked out of her." Acknowledging that this letter will anger her, and reporting that Hearn is also "enraged." Mentioning that Hearn has left a package for her, and inquiring whether he should send it to her house.
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