BIB_ID
296500
Accession number
MA 2534.59
Creator
Freeman, Ellen, 19th cent.
Display Date
[1875-1877] Oct. 25.
Credit line
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 20.3 cm
Notes
Dated "Oct. 25th," perhaps 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.
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.
Provenance
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Summary
Describing her attempt to call with her sister on "him" (Lafcadio Hearn), noting that he refused to see them. Stating that she can "bear it no longer to feel the disgrace of caring for one who despises me." Threatening suicide, stating: "If you can do nothing about it in a few days I will kill myself having nothing on earth to live for. Oh do help me or I will take my life, and try another world, for Gods sake do something about it."
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