Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Gloucester, Massachusetts
correspondent
A. Piatt Andrew
(La Porte, Indiana, 1873 - 1936, Gloucester, Massachusetts)
Date21 July 1921
Place MadeGloucester, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumInk on card stock
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.000249
eMuseum ID730237
Other NumberU3w119
EmbARK ObjectID26977
TMS Source ID10576
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
MarksNotesStationery printed: Red Roof / Gloucester, Mass. / Tel. 600
Marked in pencil (upper right corner): 137
Dated in pencil (upper right): July 21, 1921
Inscribed in pencil (recto of envelope, upper left corner): [A. Piatt Andrew]
Isabella Stewart Gardner's response inscribed in pencil in Morris Carter's hand (verso of envelope): Dear A. I'm awfully sorry but I think / y must have wanted it or y really / wouldn't have succumbed. May it / turn out better than I fear. / Bravo for the Cardinal. He is really / a human [illegible]. When you haven't anything / else to try read B.S. play called "In the / Beginning." You'll [illegible] it when / you're in Congress. [Illegible] / come and see me before you go. / Y
Marked in pencil (upper right corner): 137
Dated in pencil (upper right): July 21, 1921
Inscribed in pencil (recto of envelope, upper left corner): [A. Piatt Andrew]
Isabella Stewart Gardner's response inscribed in pencil in Morris Carter's hand (verso of envelope): Dear A. I'm awfully sorry but I think / y must have wanted it or y really / wouldn't have succumbed. May it / turn out better than I fear. / Bravo for the Cardinal. He is really / a human [illegible]. When you haven't anything / else to try read B.S. play called "In the / Beginning." You'll [illegible] it when / you're in Congress. [Illegible] / come and see me before you go. / Y
A. Piatt Andrew
24 December 1912
