ALS, 1908 May 20 : New York, to Jean Clemens.

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ALS, 1908 May 20 : New York, to Jean Clemens.

Clemens congratulates Jean on her happiness in her new home (in Gloucester, Massachusetts), and says: " ... your spirit & your philosophy have undergone great & beneficent improvement in these latter days, along with your improved physical health." He says that, on the contrary, he is " ... too old & 'set, ' now, to learn to interest myself in anybody's welfare but my own."

3 p. ; 16.5 x 12.5 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6915342

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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