Copy of letter : from Belle Greene to Arthur H. Hahlo, 1911 Dec. 15.

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Copy of letter : from Belle Greene to Arthur H. Hahlo, 1911 Dec. 15.

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Saying she would like to keep Mark Twain's The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg (£1,500), Bayard Taylor's The Haunted Shanty (£235) and Holmes's Song of '29 (£1475) for £2000.

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Greene, Belle da Costa, 1883-1950

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Belle da Costa Greene (December 13, 1883 – May 10, 1950) was the librarian to J. P. Morgan. After Morgan's death in 1913, Greene continued as librarian under his son, Jack Morgan. In 1924 the private collection was incorporated by the State of New York as a library for public uses, and the Board of Trustees appointed Greene first director of the Pierpont Morgan Library. Born Belle Marion Greener in Washington, D.C., Greene grew up there and in New York City. Her biographer Heidi Ardizzone lis...

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Hahlo, Arthur H. (New York Co-Operative Society),

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Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878

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Author, translator, and traveler. From the description of Papers of Bayard Taylor, 1856-1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71064729 American journalist. From the description of Papers of Bayard Taylor [manuscript], 1847-1878. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647972079 From the description of Poem and letter, 1877 June 26, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647972081 From the description of Letter to a member of the...