Oliver Wendell Holmes letters, 1871-1877.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes letters, 1871-1877.

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The collection consists of two letters: to Clayton MacMichael, 17 Dec. 1871, with gracious regrets that he cannot attend a reception for George H. Boker, and praise for Boker; to E.C. Stedman, 28 June 1877, explaining that he was unable to attend Stedman's recent poetry reading due to overwhelming responsibilities, and suggesting that the poem's virtues were as enjoyable in a quiet reading as in a performance.

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

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Holmes (Harvard, M.D. 1836) was Parkman Professor of Anatomy at Harvard Medical School from 1847 to 1882, dean of the Medical School from 1847 to 1853, and a noted essayist and poet. A paper on the contagiousness of puerperal fever, presented at an 1843 meeting of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement, was his most famous contribution to medicine. His indictment of physicians for their role in causing and spreading the fever was one of the most controversial treatises of the time...

Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908

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American poet, critic, and journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to F.B. Sanborn, 1881 Jul. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575155 Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908) was poet, critic, editor, and stockbroker in New York City. He published his first volume in 1860, entitled Poems Lyrical and Idyllic, followed by a succession of works and anthologies. Stedman was also a member and officer of many national and local literary associations....

MacMichael, Clayton

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