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Autograph letters signed from Lindsay Swift, Boston, to Dr. Platt [manuscript], 1903-1904.

Swift, Lindsay, 1856-1921, sender.; Platt, Isaac Hull, 1853-1912, addressee.
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Title
Autograph letters signed from Lindsay Swift, Boston, to Dr. Platt [manuscript], 1903-1904.
Description
4 items ; 17 x 13 cm to 21 x 18 cm
Associated name
Swift, Lindsay, 1856-1921, sender.
Platt, Isaac Hull, 1853-1912, addressee.
Scope and content
(1) Dated September 14, 1903 from the Boston Public Library; Thank-you for a copy of the "Morgan-Platt Debate." (2) Dated February 23, 1904; discusses how the English word "foot" sounds similar to the obscene french word "foutre" (in reference to Henry V?) (3) Dated March 3; more on foutre and mention of the "situation of Small, Magnant & Co." (4) Dated March 7, 1904; Regarding the meaning of pistol and the improvement of [Maynard?].
Note
Two bifolia and two singletons.
Genre/form
Letters (correspondence)
Manuscripts (documents)
Place of creation/publication
United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.

Call number
Y.c.5738 (1-4)
Folger accession
cs1080

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