Object details
Object number
ARC.002869
Creator(s)
Olga Eliza Gardner Monks
(Boston, 1869 - 1944, Boston)
Title
Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from 51 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston with Dictated Response
Date
1921-1922
Medium
Ink on paper
Language
English
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Stationery printed: 51 Commonwealth Avenue
Inscribed in pencil (lower right margin): [Olga Monks] [21/22]
Inscribed in pencil (lower right): [Olga Monks] [21/22]
Inscribed in pencil in Morris Carter's hand: Dear Olga, I shall send word / today to Rosen & what we know of / up 2 date & see if Ican add on / my own acct a hundred or 2. I will / tell him that perhaps some others / may send more later, I know / Mamie Sargent is out of it & I / don't no Clara well eno 2 write / 2 her. I had a bad day yesterday / but Curley's triumph makes me / better today. Perhaps you & I owe / it the hedge around my house here / 2 him- , his former administration / I try always 2 stick up for a / friend in need & Curley is not / a prig. / affy, with love / yr very dear & I am very grateful
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