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Letter from Hans Christian Andersen, Copenhagen, to Richard Bentley, 1863 December 29 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
447366
Accession number
MA 2876.28
Creator
Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, sender.
Display Date
Copenhagen, 1863 December 29
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund with the special assistance of Douglas C. Ewing, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 21.1 x 13.4 cm (folded)
Notes
Written on black-edged mourning stationary.
Addressed "My dear friend!"
Provenance
Purchased in 1974.
Summary
Thanking him for a beautiful edition of "The Ice-Maiden"; instructing as to whom copies should be sent; discussing the publication of "In Spain" and its translation by Mrs. Bushby, and mentioning an error made by Bentley in referring to it as "In Sweden"; expecting "serious times" for Denmark; in a postscript asking him to forward a letter to Mrs. Bushby.