Letter, 1893 June 9, Boston, to Mr. Ireland.

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Letter, 1893 June 9, Boston, to Mr. Ireland.

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Holmes writes to thanks Ireland for the memoir of his old friend Isaac McLellan and asks him to convey his wish that "he may hold on to the end of the century and as much longer as he shall find life worth living."

1 item (1 p.), in folder ; 26 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935

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Holmes was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to the prominent writer and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and abolitionist Amelia Lee Jackson. Dr. Holmes was a leading figure in Boston intellectual and literary circles. Mrs. Holmes was connected to the leading families; Henry James Sr., Ralph Waldo Emerson and other transcendentalists were family friends. Known as "Wendell" in his youth, Holmes, Henry James Jr. and William James became lifelong friends. Holmes accordingly grew up in an atmospher...

McLellan, Isaac, 1806-1899

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