BIB_ID
450439
Accession number
MA 4824.19
Creator
Starrett, Vincent, 1886-1974, sender.
Display Date
Chicago, Illinois, 1953 April 15
Credit line
Gift of Edward Wagenknecht, 1994.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 27.7 x 21.5 cm
Notes
One of a collection of 30 letters and postcards (MA 4824).
Written from "222 West Adams Street / CHICAGO 6"
Written from "222 West Adams Street / CHICAGO 6"
Provenance
Gift of Edward Wagenknecht, 1994.
Summary
Offering to ask around about a Longfellow book, but pessimistic he will find it. Lamenting that "people are no longer fastidious about books". Expressing gladness that Wagenknecht is working on a Longfellow book. Noting some other books concerning Longfellow. Inquiring if he can "trace to its source" the phrase "The Great American Novel" for a dictionary of Americanisms.
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