A Guide to the Bret Harte Collection Harte, Bret. 5310-ag

A Guide to the Bret Harte Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 5310-ag


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Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Collection Number
5310-ag
Title
Bret Harte Collection 1892
Extent
1 item
Creator
Location
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Bret Harte Collection, Accession 5310-ag, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1994 August 9

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Item Listing

Letter
  • Bret Harte , 15 Upper Hamilton Terrace, London, England, to a Mr. Louis C. Vicary , 25 Mecklenburgh Square
    1892 June 5
    ALS, 3 p.

    [Offering to give him as much of his time as possible; discussing the character "Luke" and describing him as "a good-natured, simple-minded frontiersman"; and detailing the structuring of a poem and how it may be recited as rhyme and rhythm are two great aids to the memory..."]