BIB_ID
396920
Accession number
MA 8732.13
Creator
James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Display Date
[1890] Sept. 5.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Arthur Bliss Lane and Mrs. Stanley B. Hawks, 1968.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.5 x 11.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from Henry James to Dr. William W. Baldwin between 1887 and 1900 (MA 8732.1-75). This collection is part of a much larger collection of letters to Dr. Baldwin from authors, English royalty and other luminaries of the period, including Samuel Clemens, William Dean Howells, Sarah Orne Jewett, Henry Cabot Lodge, Booth Tarkington, Edith Wharton and Constance Fenimore Woolson. See MA 3564 for more information on the complete Baldwin collection.
Written on stationery embossed with "34, De Vere Gardens, / W." The stamp and the name "Baldwin" have been torn from the envelope.
Written on stationery embossed with "34, De Vere Gardens, / W." The stamp and the name "Baldwin" have been torn from the envelope.
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Arthur Bliss Lane and Mrs. Stanley B. Hawks, 1968.
Summary
Expressing his concern over his accident; saying "I was of course much shocked & alarmed by your telegram...However, I am infinitely glad your case is no worse - horrible as some of your moments - or rather all of them - must have been. The sudden violence of the whole thing must have been hideous - & the misery of the death so close to you...I hope your sprains & bruises will promptly subside...I feel almost responsible - as if you were still my guest."
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