How Bobbie came back, ca. 1915.

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How Bobbie came back, ca. 1915.

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Scrapbook of letters, telegrams, newspaper clippings, cards and photographs related to the disappearance and consequent return of Mifflin's dog, Bobbie, a Boston Terrier. Included in the scrapbook is the article, "And Bobbie, though a dog, 'came back'" (Boston Herald, February 4, 1914) and other newspaper articles which provide the account of Bobbie's disappearance. The volume is comprised primarily of approximately 120 letters, typed and hand written, from February and March 1914, congratulating Mifflin on Bobbie's return, eleven months after his departure. Mifflin sent out photographs and copies of the Herald article to many correspondents who responded with thank you notes. The correspondence reflects Mifflin's social circle of the period and includes letters from friends, authors and publishers such as: Charlotte Howe Johnson Guild, Huntington Smith (Director of th Animal Rescue League), Robert Lincoln O'Brien (publisher of the Boston Herald), Edward Sylvester Morse (Director of the Peabody Museum), George Angier Gordon, Worthington C. Ford (Massachusetts Historical Society), "Dick" Sutton (Riverside Press), MacGregor Judson (Atlantic Monthly), L.N. Doubleday (Doubleday Press), and Elizabeth McCracken (Home Progress magazine). Also included: portrait of Mifflin, portrait of Bobbie, clippings of offered rewards and several false claims of Bobbie's appearance.

1 v. (ca. 50 leaves) : some ill. ; 12 x 10.

Boston Athenaeum

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