BIB_ID
300542
Accession number
MA 233.4
Creator
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.
Display Date
1860 July 31.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.6 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
Reporting that he just returned from Berkshire; saying that they will be sorry not to have her at their "little school in Cambridge"; noting that it is probably a good idea for her to stay with Mrs. Bryant since they cannot predict the success of their school; urging her to come to them in any emergency.
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