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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Telegram to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Cambridge, Massachusetts
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Telegram to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Cambridge, Massachusetts

correspondent (Calais, Maine, 1860 - 1952, Waverly, Masachusetts)
Date13 January 1920
Place MadeCambridge, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.000922
eMuseum ID719594
EmbARK ObjectID27646
TMS Source ID11239
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on view
Web 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.
MarksNotesTelegram printed: Western Union / Telegram / Newcomb Carlton, President George W.E. Atkins, First Vice-President / ...
Inscribed in pencil (recto, bottom): "Copey"
Dictated by Isabella Stewart Gardner, inscribed by Morris Carter (verso): Professor C. T. Copeland / Cambridge Mass / Alas not able to inspire / even Dan Allen, but all / my wishes are with you / [illegible] it will be a long / time before I go to next / lecture although I miss / them a great deal. / The grippe has me. / Thanks for your telegram. / I.S. Gardner