Letters

Artist Ralph Waldo (R.W.) Emerson 1803 - 1882

DateMay 21, 1856

Terms

Letters
Ink
Paper
Concord (Massachusetts)

Dimensions17.77 × 8.57 cm (7 × 3 3/8 in.)

Credit LineBequest of William C. Pierson

Object number2000.23.2

DescriptionAn autograph (signed) letter, ink on wove paper with a herringbone texture, Ralph Waldo Emerson to Cyrus Augustus Bartol, May 21, 1856: Concord 21 May/ 1856/ My dear Sir,/ I am/ happy to hear what/ you say of the/ friendly probabli-/ ties at Pigeon Cove./ I find the middle/ [verso] of July meets/ all the several/ conveniences of/ my little party,/ and I shall rejoice/ if this seaside visit/ can be made, under / your auspices, without/ giving you too much/ trouble in the preliminaries./ Yours gratefully, R.W. Emerson./ Rev. Mr. Bartol. Pencil transcriptions are added above the words say, seaside, visit, and auspices.