BIB_ID
405460
Accession number
MA 13735
Creator
Choate, Joseph Hodges, 1832-1917.
Display Date
1904 January 14.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 20.3 x 12.8 cm
Notes
English poet Alfred Austin was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896.
Written on letterhead stationery from the American Embassy in London.
Written on letterhead stationery from the American Embassy in London.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Responding to a letter and remarking on how pleasant it is "to read and think of [Austin's] life long devotion to the cause of Anglo-American friendship"; expressing his concern for Austin's recent illness and need for an operation, and saying that he would be happy to see him on his return to London from Swinford Old Manor.
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