Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, Mass., to Hannah E. Davie, 1860 Oct. 15.

BIB_ID
300547
Accession number
MA 233.6
Creator
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.
Display Date
1860 Oct. 15.
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
Saying that it would be a pity "if such a true and loyal Briton" as Davie "should not have a sight of [her] Prince"; inviting her to come to the Appleton house to watch Prince Albert pass down Beacon Street.