Letter, 1927, October 9, Cambridge, Mass., to Harry Lyman Koopman, Providence, R.I.

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Letter, 1927, October 9, Cambridge, Mass., to Harry Lyman Koopman, Providence, R.I.

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Is sending "a photograph of the portrait of Herman Melville, painted when he was about fifty by an undistinguished artist named Eaton. It was always considered by the family an excellent likeness." Appreciates kindness of Dr. and Mrs. Koopman to her husband. Print filed in Harris prints.

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Brown University Archives, John Hay Library

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