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Letter from William Jay Smith to Herbert Cahoon, North Pownal, Vermont, 1951 January 30 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
446382
Accession number
MA 4733.68:1
Creator
Smith, William Jay, 1918-2015, sender.
Display Date
North Pownal, Vermont, 1951 January 30
Credit line
Gift of Herbert Cahoon, 1993.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 27.9 x 21.7 cm
Notes
Return address reads: "Brook House / R.F.D. 1 / North Pownal, VT."
Provenance
Herbert Cahoon.
Summary
Thanking Herbert for the Christmas note and for "the fine notice of my book in the Library Journal"; discussing the reception of his book; noting that he and Barbara [Smith's wife, fellow poet Barbara Howes] "tried to get in touch" with Herbert back in September, when they were in New York City; updating Herbert on their life in Vermont; encouraging Herbert to come visit Vermont with Massey [Massey Trotter, employee of NYPL]; sharing that he and Barbara "miss Florence very much."