Letter, ca. 1940.

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Letter, ca. 1940.

Typewritten and signed letter and addressed to "Mrs. Spencer." The item is undated. Benet thanks Spencer for "your very pleasant letter" she sent regarding "The Curfew Tolls." He reccomends to her the "new Thomason edition of Marbot" if she is further interested in "Mr. Bonaparte."

1 item (1 page) ; 18 x 14 cm. + 1 photocopy.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8207177

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Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943

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Stephen Vincent Beńet was born July 22, 1898, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, into a military family. His father had a wide appreciation for literature, and Beńet's siblings, William Rose and Laura, also becmae writers. Beńet attended Yale University where he published two collections of poetry, Five Men and Pompey (1915), The Drug-Shop (1917). His studies were interrupted by a year of civilian military service; he worked as a cipher-clerk in the same department as James Thurber. He graduated fro...

Marbot, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine-Marcelin, baron de, 1782-1854

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