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James T. Fields — 10 Nov. 1862

To JAMES T. FIELDS
November 10, [1862], Wheeling

Mr. Fields


Your “bow-wow”[1] letter was good and cordial inasmuch as it said very plainly— “good friends we are”— You will try and obtain an opening for me in England? I am especially anxious for this—not to please myself so much as others. Do you think if we sent the Christmas story[2] to the Cornhill[3] it would be there in time? I would like it very much if possible. Is it?


Is Annie sick or has she learned to conjugate the verb “vergessen”?[4] That I am sure she has not. What prospect has Mrs. Frémont’s book?[5] I’ve written to every editor I know—every letter helps you know. Do let “our Jessie” have a triumph—


Yours R. B. H.



Notes

  1. Slang for commanding manner.

  2. “The Promise of Dawn.”

  3. Cornhill Magazine, published in London.

  4. German: to forget.

  5. Jessie Benton Frémont’s A Study of the Guard.


Key Words

“The Promise of Dawn”, A Study of the Guard (J.B. Fremont), English publication, Jessie Benton Fremont


Source

Richard Harding Davis Papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia


Contributor

S. M. Harris

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