np,nd. Matted and encapulated with a photo of the author, in full: "Dear Bill, | Thank you again. I had intended to write you that I | enjoyed VOYAGES when in fact I loved it. It seems to me one of | the most serene and accomplished of magazines. |..... More
Kennedy was admitted to the bar in 1816. He served three terms as a Whig member of Congress and was later Secretary of the Navy. He was the provost of the University of Maryland and wrote several novels. He was a close friend of Thackerary's and actually wrote a chaper..... More
Kennedy writes to announce, "Our good friend Mr. Gray has at last a welcome end to all his sufferings. After a terrible six months during the which time he has been confined to his bed, he breated his last in perfect serenity and peace on Friday at noon." etc. Kennedy..... More
From Kennebunkport, Maine to "My Dear Mr. King" thanking the recipient for sending him a clipping "which I shouldn't have seen if you hadn't sent it, as the Transcript comes no more to Miller's Drugstore after Oct 1st, and my evening walks for it has been put in storage against..... More
on toned paper. In full: "Dear Mr. Graham | Please wait until | April or More. I | have over a dozen | here lying week | after week. I have | no string or paper | or time. | Yours |Thornton Wilder" (signature little smudged). More
