BIB_ID
428892
Accession number
MA 1602.42
Creator
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1914 March 2.
Credit line
Gift of Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant, 1954.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 25.2 x 20.1 cm + envelope
Notes
Dated "Sunday"; date of writing from postmark.
Written on letterhead stationery printed "Number Five Bank Street."
Envelope, postmarked and stamped, addressed to "Miss Elizabeth Sergeant / 4 Hawthorn Road / Brookline / Mass."
Part of a collection of 76 letters from Willa Cather to Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant between 1910 and 1946. See related records for more information.
Written on letterhead stationery printed "Number Five Bank Street."
Envelope, postmarked and stamped, addressed to "Miss Elizabeth Sergeant / 4 Hawthorn Road / Brookline / Mass."
Part of a collection of 76 letters from Willa Cather to Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant between 1910 and 1946. See related records for more information.
Summary
Writing that she is home again; reminiscing about how Sergeant pulled her out of a bad situation in Boston two years ago and brought her back to New York and how this time, Fremstad did; describing all the ways Fremstad has helped her throughout this difficult time, including teaching her how to do her hair; apologizing for sending her a "disgusting letter" earlier, but she was extremely ill from the blood poisoning.
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