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HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. Brief Autograph Letter Signed, “Nath’l
Hawthorne,” to Thomas H. Farnham, sending his autograph. 1 page, 8vo; faint scattered
staining overall, mounted to a larger sheet.
Concord, 24 July 1861
[700/1,000]
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I have received your note of 16th inst.; and willingly comply with the request therein contained.”
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GREGORY, ISABELLA AUGUSTA; LADY. Autograph Letter Signed,
“AGregory,” to “Dear Sir,” stating that her plays are in his hands and arranging a meeting. 1
page, 8vo, personal stationery; folds, few short closed tears at lower left and right edges,
minor loss to upper left corner.
Gort, 27 November 1925
[100/200]
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. . . I have written to Miss Dasay saying my plays are in your hands, but thus I am writing
you to ask if you see your way to meet—per suggestion—with you . . . & let us have a line also.”
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HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER. Typed Letter Signed, to publisher S.S. McClure,
concerning Harris’s short story, “The Comedy of War.” 1 page, 8vo, “Atlanta Constitution”
stationery; minor loss to lower left corner, horizontal folds.
[Atlanta], 23 February 1893
[300/400]
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. . .The illustrations are apt and spirited. Did you see the Inter-Ocean’s editorial reference to
the story? It was quite a compliment.
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I have another story under way . . . .”
Harris’s “The Comedy of War,” was published on February 4, 1893, in the
Inter Ocean
. In
the same newspaper, two days prior, an editor wrote of the story that, “It is . . . one of the
brightest short stories of the day.”The following June, the story was published in the first issue
of
McClure’s Magazine
.