BIB_ID
296446
Accession number
MA 2534.40
Creator
Freeman, Ellen, 19th cent.
Display Date
[year not specified] May 4.
Credit line
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.1 cm
Notes
Dated "May 4th" by Ellen Freeman.
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.
This letter was probably written to either Lafcadio Hearn or Henry Watkin.
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.
This letter was probably written to either Lafcadio Hearn or Henry Watkin.
Provenance
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Summary
Inviting the recipient to dine on Sunday and to ride out to Avondale "to see a fine collection."
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