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Autograph letter : [Cincinnati], to [Lafcadio Hearn], [1876] Apr. 24.

BIB_ID
296492
Accession number
MA 2534.55
Creator
Freeman, Ellen, 19th cent.
Display Date
[1876] Apr. 24.
Credit line
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.3 cm
Notes
Dated "April 24th" by Ellen Freeman.
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 note may be referring to Hearn's "The Mound Builders," published in the Cincinnati Commercial on 24 April 1876.
Provenance
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Summary
Stating "Your unique production on Archaeology is more beautiful than finely carved stone, or rare exotic flowers."