BIB_ID
296515
Accession number
MA 2534.65
Creator
Freeman, Ellen, 19th cent.
Display Date
[1875-1877].
Credit line
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Description
1 item (3 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
Discussing her great passion for him, lamenting the strictures of society that prevent them from standing together before the world. Noting that she has never been denied anything before, and lamenting that he does not want her. Begging "oh give me a bone to gnaw that I may not eat the flesh off of my hands." Stating that she will follow him wherever he goes, noting "I will be where I can look at you, as you pass by me, that can never be denied me."
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