BIB_ID
300545
Accession number
MA 233.5
Creator
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.
Display Date
1860 Sept. 21.
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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 a "ship-letter ... postmarked 'Rochester'" has arrived for her; explaining that he is not sure whether to forward it to Boston or Nantasket. A postscript notes that he has decided to forward it to Mr. Bryant in Boston.
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