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Postcard from William Jay Smith to Herbert Cahoon, North Pownal, Vermont, 1952 August 7 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
446395
Accession number
MA 4733.68:4
Creator
Smith, William Jay, 1918-2015, sender.
Display Date
North Pownal, Vermont, 1952 August 7
Credit line
Gift of Herbert Cahoon, 1993.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 8.3 x 14 cm
Notes
Address information written in Smith's hand in black ink ("Apt. 2 -A / 431 Riverside Drive / New York 25 / N.Y.") crossed out and replaced with "West Chatham / Mass." written in pencil in unknown hand.
Letterhead printed on postcard reads: "Brook House - R.F.D. 1 - North Pownal, Vt."
Postmarked and stamped.
Provenance
Herbert Cahoon.
Summary
Conveying condolences upon hearing about "Massey's accident"; updating Herbert on his travel schedule for the summer; noting that "Shapiro" [Karl Shapiro] requested "some poems for the Anniversary Issue of Poetry"; sharing that he is currently "struggling with a little prose piece on Haiti".