Autograph letter signed "Ellen" : [Cincinnati], to [Lafcadio Hearn], [1875-1877] May 20.

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Autograph letter signed "Ellen" : [Cincinnati], to [Lafcadio Hearn], [1875-1877] May 20.

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Thanking him for answering her letter, noting that she was fearful of having offended him. Discussing their relationship, noting "you must not expect me to be respectful to you for I am almost twice your age," and referencing her treatment of him as "one of the family." Alluding to an attraction between Hearn and her sister. With a postscript discussing her ability to "never speak of anything [she] should not," noting "once you said something, and wished it to be in confidence, and I forgot to say that I have no confident."

1 item (4 p.) ; 17.3 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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