MS 88
Letters to Israel Tisdale Talbot, 1868-1875.
4 items.
New Hampshire-born author and poet.
Four letters written by Thomas Bailey Aldrich to his good friend and his wife’s obstetrician, Dr. Israel Tisdale Talbot. The letters are personal in nature. In one, dated September 18, 1868, Aldrich informs Talbot that he named his youngest son Talbot Bailey Aldrich in honor of the doctor’s friendship and service to the family.
MS 89
Letter : Redman Farm, Ponkapog, Mass. to John M. Milson, 1904 May 25.
2 items.
New Hampshire-born author and poet.
Letter written by Thomas Bailey Aldrich to Reverend John M. Milson that promises him a copy of the poem “Two Moods.” Included is Aldrich’s signed and undated, holograph copy of “Two Moods.”
MS 90
Letters and ephemera, 1879-1891.
5 items.
New Hampshire-born author and poet.
Two letters written by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. One letter describes some of his works in progress; the other, written from the office of the Atlantic Monthly, requests the portraits of several people from Arthur Stedman. Also included is a holograph copy of the first and last stanzas of the poem “On Lynn Terrace,” an engraved portrait of Aldrich, and inscribed letterhead.