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Bret Harte Collection, Accession 5310-ae, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Purchase, 1991 October 7
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[This letter was written while Harte was serving as U.S. consul in Scotland . Harte sends Christmas greetings to his wife and family with a draft for one hundred dollars to spend on Christmas gifts for themselves. He was in London meeting with the Consul General when he mailed the draft but hoped to get back to Glasgow in time to catch the Christmas mail.]