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Letter from Bernard De Voto, Cambridge, to Edward Wagenknecht, 194- December 14 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
448020
Accession number
MA 4850.11
Creator
De Voto, Bernard, 1897-1955, sender.
Display Date
Cambridge (Mass.), 194- December 14
Credit line
Gift of Edward Wagenknecht, 1994.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 21.5 x 14 cm
Notes
Written on letterhead with "Bernard DeVoto / 8 Berkeley Street / Cambridge, Massachusetts" at top of page.
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Chiding him for not checking his envelopes; advising him, based on his own experience "at a coed college", to "verify your fly before entering the classroom"; not having time to speculate on Mark Twain's "fear of all but permissive sex, which Livy's invalidism either does or doesn't support"; dismissing a "Snyder" as "a son of a bitch".