BIB_ID
300540
Accession number
MA 233.3
Creator
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.
Display Date
1856 July 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.5 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
Noting that Mrs. Longfellow is "so opposed to the return of the 'gay Lothario' that [he] must give up the idea of any change and let things go on as they are"; telling her that he is sending back her bank book.
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