ALS : Angwin, California, to Ella Sterling Mighels 1892 Jan 24.

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ALS : Angwin, California, to Ella Sterling Mighels 1892 Jan 24.

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Response to letter written to Ambrose Bierce by Ella Sterling Mighels. She had written to Bierce to assure him that he had not insulted her when he wrote to the San Francisco Examiner to respond to a recent attack on his literary reputation. Bierce addresses the tone of the rhetorical question that he posed to the writers named in the Examiner article. Bierce also recognizes the need to be careful in his writing to avoid being misunderstood.

1item (1 leaf) ; 20 x 25 cm. folded to 20 x 13 cm.

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Mighels, Ella Sterling, 1853-1934

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Born May 5, 1853 in Sacramento County, California, Ella Sterling Mighels was the author of many books. She is best known for her books on the literary history of California. She died in San Francisco on December 10, 1934. From the description of Ella Sterling Mighels Collection, 1890-1932. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 58745786 Mighels was a Calif. author and literary historian, b. Ella Sterling Clark, married first to Adley Hook Cummins. then to Philip Ver...

Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?

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Ambrose Bierce was born in Horse Cave Creek, Ohio, on June 24, 1842. After military service in the Civil War, he settled in San Francisco, where he met Mark Twain and became a columnist and writer. Bierce became known for his sharp, sarcastic wit while writing for the "Argonaut," the "Wasp," and the "San Francisco Examiner." A member of the Bohemian Club, he became acquainted with many of the prominent San Francisco authors. After his retirement Bierce traveled into Texas and toward Mexico, at a...