Letters to Mr. M.S. O'Donnell, 1904 June 16, 19, August 21, 1909 April 14.

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Robinson, Harriet Jane Hanson, 1825-1911. Letters to Mr. M.S. O'Donnell, 1904 June 16, 19, August 21, 1909 April 14.

Letters to Mr. M.S. O'Donnell, 1904 June 16, 19, August 21, 1909 April 14.

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Letters concern the possible sale of autograph letters in Harriet Robinson's possession. In the first she does not wish anything to be said about "the sale of the Lincoln letter. I shall dislike such notoriety." In the second she acknowledges that her wishing to "say nothing about it" "does not apply to you as the letter is your property now, and I thank you for buying it." She describes two Emerson documents, a speech of 37 pages "given at Cambridge, Mass. at a Kansas Relief Meeting" and a letter of January 7, 1852. In the third letter she agrees, reluctantly, to accept Mr. O'Donnell's offer for "the Emerson manuscripts." In the fourth letter, written almost five years later, Harriet says she has "been ill all winter" and is responding to his unanswered letter of December 3, 1908. She has "done nothing about selling the autographs" and writes she "shall consult my business advisor when I feel a little stronger Ư and if I should have any kind of an offer for the material, will, if it will not trouble you, venture to ask your advice." She tells Mr. O'Donnell in closing "I have been out of my own gate just twice this winter, and then I rode, once to vote for Miss Wilcox and once to the Old and New Reception Ư I am 84 years old and very comfortable in my own home, so far. Very cordially yours."

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