AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
Boston: n.d. [1880?]. Letter. A one-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED as "O. W. Holmes" to Dr. Bowditch on a 4-1/2" x 6" sheet of paper, not dated. In full: "Pray help me out of this scrape. I can't read the man's name, nor a word of his letter, but as far as I can make out he has translated a longish piece of mine into high Dutch. Do help me spell his name and translate his letter. The 'pome,' as the Westerners call it, you had better let alone -- for your own sake. Your bewildered friend and colleague." Faint crease from mailing; ink dark and clear. About Fine. Item #020620
Price: $500.00
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