BIB_ID
445449
Accession number
MA 4733.37:3
Creator
Hubbell, Lindley Williams, 1901-1994, sender.
Display Date
Hartford, Connecticut, 1950 September 8
Credit line
Gift of Herbert Cahoon, 1993.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 28 x 21.7 cm
Provenance
Herbert Cahoon.
Summary
Informing Herbert of his experience in Springfield, Massachusetts attending meetings at the Theosophical Society with "Mr. and Mrs. William Simpson"; referencing the rift in the Theosophical Society between those who remained loyal to the teachings of co-founder Helena Blavatsky and those who followed the teachings of Annie Besant, noting that "the Simpsons were pro-Blavatsky, which was to the credit of their intelligence, and so was I"; describing the process of writing a satirical pamphlet, "Humoresque" with Mrs. Simpson; detailing authoring a follow-up to "Humoresque" called "Confession of Faith"; commenting on an irregularity in the printing of his book "Winter-Burning".
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