Autograph letter signed with initials : Woodbridge, to Horace Basham, [1881] Jan. 3.

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Autograph letter signed with initials : Woodbridge, to Horace Basham, [1881] Jan. 3.

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Thanking him for New Year's wishes and sending hearty returns for 1881. Enclosing (not present) a postal order, asking Basham to disburse it to a mutual acquaintance and to use it to pay a bill. Mentioning mutual acquaintances and discussing the short and gloomy winter days.

1 item (3 p.) ; 17.8 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Basham, Horace, 19th cent,

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Fitzgerald, Edward, 1809-1883

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Edward FitzGerald was an English author and translator, best known for his popular translation of The Rubáiyát. Born Edward Marlborough Purcell into one of the wealthiest families in England, the family name was changed when his mother inherited her family fortune. He was educated at Oxford University, after which he travelled constantly for a time and wrote poetry, as well as translating verse from several languages. Although talented, he lacked the motivation to devote himself to writing; he...