Autograph Letter Signed from Henry W. Longfellow, Cambridge, to Josefine Freiin Von Knorr, Vienna

Autograph Letter Signed from Henry W. Longfellow, Cambridge, to Josefine Freiin Von Knorr, Vienna
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Release: 1874
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Thanks Knorr for both her letter and her new volume of poems, which he has been reading "with delight." Quotes "those admonitory works of Shakespear" ("The flighty purpose never is o'ertook/ Unless the deed go with it." (Macbeth Act IV, scene i)). He has also received the two volumes of Graf Wickenburg, but he requests that Knorr relay the message of his thanks, since he does not have Wickenburg's address. With envelope addressed to Knorr, 1 Wollzeile 1er Stock, Vienna, Austria.

Autograph Letter Signed from Henry W. Longfellow, Cambridge, to Mrs. Clark

Autograph Letter Signed from Henry W. Longfellow, Cambridge, to Mrs. Clark
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Release: 1873
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Longfellow mentions hearing that Mrs. Clark was in Rome when he was in Naples in the spring of 1869, and regrets that he was not able to meet her then. Makes reference to reading her book of travels "with great delight" and says he awaits the new volume impatiently. Tells her that her father came out to lunch with him and that the little picture of the Sphinx she gave him now hangs on the wall.

Collection of Autograph Letters Signed (35)

Collection of Autograph Letters Signed (35)
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Release: 1879
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A collection of 35 autograph letters signed (some with initials) from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to the poet Helen Mar Bean (of Concord, NH). Letters in the collection are described in individual records (MA 234-1-35).