REPAYING A DEBT FROM HER “POT OF GOLD”
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ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY. Autograph Letter Signed, “L.M. Alcott,” to “Dear Mr.
Fields,” reminding him that he had lent her $40 to be repaid when she had made “a pot of
gold,” and sending the money [not present] as it has miraculously come to pass. 1
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8vo, written on a single folded sheet. (*)
Concord, 3 July 1871
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“
Once upon a time you lent me forty dollars, kindly saying that I might return them when I
had made ‘a pot of gold.’
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As the miracle has been unexpectedly wrought I wish to fulfil my part of the bargain, I here-
with repay my debt with many thanks.”
In 1868 and 1869, Roberts Brothers published Alcott’s tremendously popular
Little
Women: Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy
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WRITERS
Including Property of The Minnesota Historical Society (*)
Lots 232-291