Box 1
Container
Contains 29 Collections and/or Records:
Abbot, Marion Wetherill. Letter to Violet Oakley regarding a mural at Pennsylvania Hospital, 1921 March 20
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Series I
ABBOTT, Marion Wetherill (Mrs. E. Stanley Abbott). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. Philadelphia, March 20, 1921. Five page letter on leaves measuring approx. 7 x 5”. Mrs. Abbott was the wife of the psychiatrist, E. Stanley Abbott. She here writes to Violet Oakley (1874-1961), the American muralist, illustrator, and stained glass artist. Abbott discusses the donation of an autograph poem by Silas Weir Mitchell to the Insane Department of the Pennsylvania Hospital, and asks Miss Oakley if...
Dates:
1921 March 20
Mahogony Tree menus, signed by S.W. Mitchell and various personages, 1894, 1896, 1897, 1905
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Series I
MITCHELL, [Silas] Weir, [et al.]. GROUP OF FOUR nMANUSCRIPT MENUS FOR DINNERS AT THE MAHOGANY TREE CLUB. [Philadelphia], March 6, [18]94; Feb., 1896; April 13, 1897; and Feb. 20, 1905. Each menu is completed in manuscript in an unknown hand on the recto of a partially printed, circular card, with a diameter of approx. 3”. The menus, for what were evidently sumptuous meals, list about seven courses each, together with side dishes and accompanying spirits. Mitchell was an avid diner...
Dates:
1894, 1896, 1897, 1905
Meagher, John. Letter to S.W. Mitchell regarding the novel "Hugh Wynne", 1896 November 5
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Series I
MEAGHER, John. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. Wellsboro, PA, Nov. 5, 1896. Five-page letter on rectos of five leaves, with each leaf measuring 9 x 6”. Very good. A letter to Silas Weir Mitchell, praising his novel, Hugh Wynne, and calling attention to a historical inaccuracy Meagher perceived in the work. Meagher, a Pennsylvania local historian, was the co-author of a History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (1895) and a History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
Dates:
1896 November 5
Meigs, S. Emlin. Letter to S.W. Mitchell, 1902 January 2
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Series I
[SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH]. MEIGS, S[amuel] Emlen. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. [Philadelphia], Jan. 2, 1902. Two-page letter on leaf measuring 8 x 5”, together with an integral leaf containing a two-page copy of a letter by William Tecumseh Sherman accomplished by Meigs. Fine. A letter to Silas Weir Mitchell praising Mitchell’s poem on Washington. In reference to one of the lines in the poem, pertaining to the relationship between military force and the rule of law, Meigs copies the...
Dates:
1902 January 2
Mitchell, JK. Letter to unnamed recipient regarding BC Cooper, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Series I
MITCHELL, J[ohn] K[earsley]. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. [n.p., circa 1840’s or early 1850’s]. One-page letter on leaf measuring 10 x 8”. Moderate damping and wear to lower left corner of sheet, with no impact on legibility; good only. A letter to an unnamed recipient, recommending B.C. Cooper for a customs appointment. Mitchell notes that Cooper is an “undeviating Whig” and that he “is almost starving & his wife & child are actually sufferers.”
Dates:
undated
Mitchell, JK. Printed invitation to a dinner, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Series I
MITCHELL, J[ohn] K[earsley, et al.]. PRINTED INVITATION, SIGNED IN TYPE BY MITCHELL AND 15 OTHERS. [Philadelphia, n.d.]. Recto only of card measuring approx. 2.5 x 4”. The text reads, in part: “Sir, The dinner to which you are a subscriber, will take place at Mansion House, on Thursday, 4th of April, at 5 o’clock P.M…. Committee of Arrangement.” This copy of the invitation is addressed, in manuscript, to Dr. M.H. Coates. The other signers of the invitation are J. Randolph, Thomas...
Dates:
undated
Mitchell, Langdon. Letter to Arthur Hobson Quinn regarding Mitchell's plays, 1926 December 15
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Series I
MITCHELL, Langdon. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. N.Y.C., Dec. 15, 1926. Two-page letter on leaf measuring 10 x 8”. Tiny evidence of damping, affecting several letters of text with no loss of comprehension, some later penciled notations; else near fine. Another letter to Arthur Hobson Quinn. Mitchell discusses the manuscripts and stage productions of several of his plays, including The Adventures of Francois (based on his father’s novel by the same name), The Kreutzer Sonata, The New...
Dates:
1926 December 15
Mitchell, Langdon. Letter to Arthur Hobson Quinn regarding a visit to Mr. Quinn, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: Series I
MITCHELL, Langdon. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. [New York City, n.d.]. One-page letter on leaf of stationery bearing Mitchell’s printed address, measuring 7.25 x 10.5”. Fine. A warm letter to Arthur Hobson Quinn, explaining that circumstances have made it impossible for Mitchell to visit, but that he will do so after the Christmas holiday to “talk over my classes, & the future … [and to ask] a hundred and one questions.” Quinn (1875-1960) was for many years professor of English...
Dates:
undated
Mitchell, S.W.; Dalziel, Jane and Zimmerman, WW. Letters regarding the Infirmary, 1888, 1890 April, 1890 March
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Series I
MITCHELL, [Silas] Weir. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. [Sept., 1888]. One-page letter on leaf measuring 7 x 4.5”, with integral blank, together with original mailing envelope. Near fine. A letter to a Mrs. Little of Towanda, PA, informing her that she may forward this letter to “the Infirmary” (ie. the Philadelphia Orthopaedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases), to “receive prompt attention” from the institution. Dr. Mitchell helped organize the Infirmary and, for many years,...
Dates:
1888, 1890 April, 1890 March
Mitchell, S.W. Letter to Dr. Walter Franklin Atlee, circa 1898
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: Series I
[MITCHELL, Silas] Weir. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. [Philadelphia, circa 1898]. Two-page letter on two integral leaves of black-bordered mourning stationery, with each leaf measuring 4 x 6.25”. Short, clean separation to one fold, not affecting text; one faint stain; very good plus. Mitchell writes to Dr. Walter Franklin Atlee and discusses an unspecified matter of contention. He states, in part: “I did not approve the action which annoyed you & rightly annoyed you, but we are old...
Dates:
circa 1898
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