BIB_ID
296509
Accession number
MA 2534.62
Creator
Freeman, Ellen, 19th cent.
Display Date
[1875-1877].
Credit line
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.3 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.
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
Begging that he return the letters she sent the previous day, noting that he cannot have had time to burn them. Stating "I miss them warm on my heart, I miss the delight of talking to them, you cannot be so cruel to keep a little one away from loving arms, they are that to me, the creation of your mind, the all of you I can ever hope to cover with kisses and sweet tenderness."
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