BIB_ID
370666
Accession number
MA 8621
Creator
Salinger, J. D. (Jerome David), 1919-2010.
Display Date
1961 Oct. 29.
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Purchased as the gift of The Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors, 2014.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 27.9 cm + envelope
Notes
Letter is typed on yellow paper with "Jerry" written in black ink.
Written from "R. D. 2" in Windsor, Vt.
Envelope bears typed address of "Mr. Holden Bowler / Phoenix, Arizona." The post office has added two stamps, "Insufficient Address" and "Return to Writer." Salinger has crossed out "Insufficient Address" and "Phoenix, Arizona" and written in Bowler's correct address, "2655 So. Milwaukee / Denver, Colo."
Envelope with postmarks: Hanover, N.H., Oct. 31, 1961 and Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 1, 1961.
Holden Bowler served as the namesake for Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye.
Written from "R. D. 2" in Windsor, Vt.
Envelope bears typed address of "Mr. Holden Bowler / Phoenix, Arizona." The post office has added two stamps, "Insufficient Address" and "Return to Writer." Salinger has crossed out "Insufficient Address" and "Phoenix, Arizona" and written in Bowler's correct address, "2655 So. Milwaukee / Denver, Colo."
Envelope with postmarks: Hanover, N.H., Oct. 31, 1961 and Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 1, 1961.
Holden Bowler served as the namesake for Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye.
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