Typed letter signed : Sarasota, to Pennell Peck, 1968 Nov. 22.

Record ID: 
312631
Accession number: 
MA 3851.20
Author: 
White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985.
Credit: 
Gift of E. B. White, 1971.
Description: 
1 item (2 p.) ; 28 cm
Notes: 

With penciled notes and answers in the hand of Pennell Peck.
Part of a collection of manuscript drafts and source material related to E. B. White's The trumpet of the swan. Items in the collection have been described individually; see collection-level record for more information.

Summary: 

Wondering whether she, "as a Boston mother," can answer his questions a bout the Swan Boat in the Public Garden for a story he is trying to write, and asking a series of 11 questions. Reporting that they are spending the winter in Sarasota; mentioning that Katherine's heath has been poor and that he has a frog in his throat.

Provenance: 
Gift of E. B. White in 1971.