Autograph letters signed from Carleton Noyes, Cambridge, to Platt [manuscript], 19th or 20th century.

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Autograph letters signed from Carleton Noyes, Cambridge, to Platt [manuscript], 19th or 20th century.

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(1) is dated May 30. Noyes writes about an Englishman named [William Stone?] Booth, formerly with the Macmillan company in New York and Houghton Mifflin & Co. in Boston, and is now working on his book. Noyes has tried to understand his work on Bacon it but cannot apprehend Booth's dialectic. (2) Is dated Thursday. He refers to the Morgan-Platt debate and Edwin A. Abbott's Life of Bacon. Both letters are on printed letterhead from 338 Harvard Street, Cambridge. Both are addressed "My dear Platt."

2 items ; 18 x 11 cm to 18 x 14 cm.

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Noyes, Carleton Eldredge, 1872-

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Platt, Isaac Hull, 1853-1912

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Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926

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Clergyman, author, and educator. From the description of Edwin Abbott Abbott correspondence, 1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449347 Edwin Abbott Abbott was born in London on December 20, 1838. He was the eldest son of Edwin Abbott (1808⁰́₃1882), headmaster of the Philological School, Marylebone, and his wife, Jane Abbott (1806⁰́₃1882). His parents were first cousins.He was educated at the City of London School and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he took the hig...