BIB_ID
378235
Accession number
MA 1304.34
Creator
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892.
Display Date
1866 Feb. 7.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.8 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with stamp and postmark.
Enveloped is addressed to "Lucy Larcom / Mr. Burnham's / 19 Pine Street / Boston."
From the Ford Collection.
Part of a large collection of autograph manuscripts and letters of John Greenleaf Whittier. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 1304 for details.
Enveloped is addressed to "Lucy Larcom / Mr. Burnham's / 19 Pine Street / Boston."
From the Ford Collection.
Part of a large collection of autograph manuscripts and letters of John Greenleaf Whittier. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 1304 for details.
Summary
Saying he is "sorry to hear of [her] continued trouble with 'the rheumatics'"; telling her of the loss of his grey parrot, Charlie; sending her a poem for publication in "Our Young Folks"; asking her to tell Annie Fields that he was sorry not to see her in Boston; remarking that he "may be in Boston ere-long, but it is too cold now, to leave home."
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