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Autograph letter signed : London, to Edmund Bates, 1880 June 5.

BIB_ID
305876
Accession number
MA 382.29
Creator
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882.
Display Date
1880 June 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.1 cm + envelope
Notes
Date and location taken from postmark.
Envelope with postage and postmarks, addressed to "Edmund Bates Esq., 1 Upper Fountaine Street, Leeds."
Letter not located in Fredeman's Correspondence of D.G.R.
Part of a collection of letters from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to various recipients. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1909.
Summary
Imploring him to return his drawings; expressing his concern over his son's health and describing the possible benefits of a voyage to Australia.