BIB_ID
297815
Accession number
MA 194.78
Creator
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894.
Display Date
1884 Aug. 31.
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Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 20.3 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters and poems written as tributes to Oliver Wendell Holmes on his 75th birthday. Items in the collection are described in separate records; see MA 194 for more information.
Summary
Expressing his surprise at having an issue of The Critic devoted to celebrating his birthday; noting that he was "embalmed like a Pharaoh, and built over with a pyramid of famous names"; thanking the people who contributed to the issue for their "expressions of esteem and affection."
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