Letter from Edgar Lee Masters, Chicago, to William Stanley Braithwaite, Cambridge, Mass. [manuscript] : signed typescript, 6 April 1916.
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Title
Letter from Edgar Lee Masters, Chicago, to William Stanley Braithwaite, Cambridge, Mass. [manuscript] : signed typescript, 6 April 1916.
Produced
Chicago, 1916 April6.
Description
1 item ; 28 x 22 cm
Associated name
Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950, sender.
Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962, addressee.
Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962, addressee.
Scope and content
Writes "I am enclosing according to promise some lines on Shakespeare for your [ter]centenary edition, and hope they will in a measure meet your needs. Some day I intend to try my hand at a Shakesperian tribute with better results I trust than this. Much luck to your venture," with postscript "I sent Reedy[?] your review & he wrote: that man has critical ability."
Note
Typed letter, signed E.L. Masters, with autograph postscript and insertion. Pencil note at top "Spoon River Anthology.'
Place of creation/publication
United States -- Illinois -- Chicago
Item Details
Call number
Y.c.7359
Folger-specific note
Acquired from Stuart Lutz, 2017-08-03.
Folger accession
269851