BIB_ID
300553
Accession number
MA 233.7
Creator
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.
Display Date
1862 June 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (4 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
Telling her that he and his sons have returned [from a visit to Niagra Falls and Montreal]; reporting that his son Erny is "very feverish and ill"; saying that it "would be a pity to break up [her] visit to the seaside," but acknowledging that they will "all be very glad to see her"; admitting that the "bright, cool, June day" feels "dreary" to him.
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