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[Postcard, 18]90 Dec. 9, Camden, New Jersey [to] Mary Whitall Costelloe, London, England

 Item
Identifier: MSS 142 small

Dates

  • Creation: December 9, 1890

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright is retained by the authors of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. For photocopy and duplication requests, please contact the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries.

Biographical / Historical

Mary Whitall Costelloe, née Smith, also known as Mary Logan, married Bernard Berenson in Dec. 1900.

Extent

.1 Linear Feet : 1 card ; 76 x 131 mm.

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Ruth Adams, 1986.

General

Accompanied by two letters (typescript signed) from H. Hamer of Bolton Public Libraries to W.H. Lawson, Esq., Guildford. These are dated 25th and 26th July 1933 and concern test results which showed that the postmarks on two similar Whitman postcards had indeed been stamped over the handwriting, contrary to their appearance which had led to suspicions of forgery.

General

Holograph signed.

Title
Finding Aid for the [Postcard, 18]90 Dec. 9, Camden, New Jersey [to] Mary Whitall Costelloe, London, England /Walt Whitman
Status
4 Published And Cataloged
Author
Finding aid prepared by MarcEdit.
Description rules
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository

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