Frances Morse Lang (1839 - 1934, Cambridge)
Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from 8 Brimmer Street, Boston, 7 November 1921
Ink on paper
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This letter from Frances Morse Lang, the wife of Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Benjamin Morse Lang, includes a passage where Frances recommends the book The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle to Isabella Stewart Gardner. The two women had a shared love of literature, and many of Frances’s letters include book recommendations. Frances gave Isabella a copy of The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle which Isabella kept in the Macknight Room.