Object details
Object number
ARC.000249
Creator(s)
A. Piatt Andrew
(La Porte, Indiana, 1873 - 1936, Gloucester, Massachusetts)
Title
Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Red Roof, Gloucester, Massachusetts
Date
21 July 1921
Medium
Ink on card stock
Language
English
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Stationery printed: Red Roof / Gloucester, Mass. / Tel. 600
Marked in pencil (upper right corner): 137
Dated in pencil (upper right): July 21, 1921
Inscribed in pencil (recto of envelope, upper left corner): [A. Piatt Andrew]
Isabella Stewart Gardner's response inscribed in pencil in Morris Carter's hand (verso of envelope): Dear A. I'm awfully sorry but I think / y must have wanted it or y really / wouldn't have succumbed. May it / turn out better than I fear. / Bravo for the Cardinal. He is really / a human [illegible]. When you haven't anything / else to try read B.S. play called "In the / Beginning." You'll [illegible] it when / you're in Congress. [Illegible] / come and see me before you go. / Y
Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Gallery
Blue Room
Case
Prichard Case
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