Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Letter from Celia Thaxter, Nice, to Mr. and Mrs. John W. Field, 1881 January 9 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
447614
Accession number
MA 23856.2
Creator
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894, sender.
Display Date
Nice (France), 1881 January 9
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1982.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 10.3 x 8.5 cm
Notes
Addressed "My dear friend".
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1982.
Summary
Informing that their two letters just reached her; noting that she secured a copy of an English edition of a book by Dr. Mattei [possibly Cesare Mattei's "Electro-homoeopathy: the principles of new science", 1880]; discussing the bad temper and stubbornness of her brother, Oscar Laighton; giving travel plans; asking if they ever see "Mr and Mrs Edward Whulwigler(?)" and informing that she forwarded their address to James Gordon Clarke, as was requested; reporting the weather; hoping to hear from them.