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Letter from Erick Hawkins to Herbert Cahoon, New York, New York, 1945 November 14 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
445216
Accession number
MA 4733.33:1
Creator
Hawkins, Erick, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1945 November 14
Credit line
Gift of Herbert Cahoon, 1993.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 27.9 x 21.6 cm
Notes
The date ("November 14, 1945") and salutation ("Dear Herbert:") are written in typescript.
Provenance
Herbert Cahoon.
Summary
Noting that he enclosed a check "for $4.80 to cover the tickets" that Herbert gave him; thanking Herbert for the tickets,saying "It was a wonderful treat"; inquiring about tickets for a different concert; thanking Herbert for the "swell help ... on the script"; updating Herbert about the progression of his piece, confiding, "Presumably Elliott Carter [American modernist composer] is going to do the piece but don't mention it to anyone"; noting that he hopes to call Herbert soon.