BIB_ID
296483
Accession number
MA 2534.52
Creator
Freeman, Ellen, 19th cent.
Display Date
[1875-1877] May 9.
Credit line
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.2 cm
Notes
Dated "May 9th" 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.
Len is probably Ellen Freeman's son.
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.
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.
Len is probably Ellen Freeman's son.
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
Thanking him for a pretty prose poem, and discussing his love of the "Orient." Noting that he was meant to "revel in their luxuries, and wear their satins" and that he is "the bright butterfly to us common moths" and that his "wings touch the heart of every lady." Inviting him to their country house, and mentioning Mr. Dury and the appearance of Len's name in an article.
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