BIB_ID
300535
Accession number
MA 233.1
Creator
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.
Display Date
1853 July 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 8 autograph letters signed from Longfellow to Hannah Davie, one autograph letter signed from Longfellow to the Governesses' Benevolent Institution, and 12 small pieces of paper containing quotations in Longfellow's hand. Letters in the collection are described in individual records (MA 233.1-9); the quotations are described in a collection record (MA 233.10)
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Sotheran, 1909.
Summary
Thanking her for a "nice little souvenir" she sent him; reporting that Mrs. Nathan Appleton has been in Newport; saying that they are glad Davie is happy in Andover; inviting her to visit them in Nahant in July; mentioning shared acquaintances; sending greetings from his wife and noting that Mrs. Longfellow also wrote to Davie.
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