Autograph letter signed by Longfellow, Cambridge, June 21, 1879, thanking his correspondent for sending the "beautiful lines" written by their friend William Winter, the drama critic and poet. With the original envelope addressed in Longfellow's hand to H. Edwards at the Boston Theatre (Henry Edwards, the actor and entomologist). Longfellow, the most beloved American poet of the 19th century, was 72 and living at Craigie House. Condition: folds; light toning.
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