Object details
Object number
ARC.004482
Creator(s)
George Peabody Gardner, Jr.
(Boston, 1889 - 1976, Boston)
Title
Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Danvers, Massachusetts with Dictated Response
Date
17 December 1921
Medium
Ink on paper
Language
English
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Stationery printed: The Burley Farm, / Danvers, Mass.
Inscribed in pencil Dear Cousin George, Probably...sprouting / under y coat. I thank y very much for dear / Baron Rosen & I appreciate what y do / the way y do it. He will never kno y / name but he will kno the kindness / Mr. Endicott now hopes to interest Ellery / Sedgwick & 2 have the books published / by him. With such guarantee [?] as we can send him. With love & best X.9. Affy / Isabella Stuart / Gardner
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