Autograph letter signed from John Mathews to William Winter, New York [manuscript], 1900 March 16.
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Title
Autograph letter signed from John Mathews to William Winter, New York [manuscript], 1900 March 16.
Description
1 item ; 26 x 22 cm
Scope and content
Begins the letter with, "When the icicles hang on the wall," and describes seeing the Horace Greely monument with icicles hanging from his ears. He looked for "Dick the shepherd blowing his nail" and saw a cab driver in that very act. With envelope.
Note
On letterhead from The Actor's Fund of America, 12 West 28th Street, New York. Addressed to Winter at the New York Tribune, New York. Endorsed by Winter.
Historical background
Handwritten note in another hand on the back of the envelope: "Mem. Poor Mr. Matthews was one of the unfortunate people unjustly suspected of complicity in the Lincoln murder plot (being friends with John Wilkes Booth). He was seized and for a time imprisoned. The dreadful experience affected his mind and he was eccentric almost to derangment. I knew & often talked with him. L.[?]M."
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.
Item Details
Call number
Y.c.3906
Folger accession
no case or acc. number present