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Letter from Hans Christian Andersen, Copenhagen, to George Bentley, 1873 May 30 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
447369
Accession number
MA 2876.31
Creator
Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, sender.
Display Date
Copenhagen, 1873 May 30
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund with the special assistance of Douglas C. Ewing, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 21 x 13.4 cm (folded)
Notes
Addressed "My dear and honoured friend!".
Provenance
Purchased in 1974.
Summary
Reporting on his illness; expressing gladness to be remembered well by Richard Bentley's children; regretting not having seen Richard Bentley's sister when she was in Copenhagen; asking when he will see her and Bentley; recalling a day in their country estate, Seven Oaks; informing that he no longer has "forces sufficient to visit England and the true friends there"; hoping to revisit England after he recovers from his illness in the south.