Letter and Brochure to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Cambridge
correspondent
Charles Rockwell Lanman
(Norwich, Connecticut, 1850 - 1941, Boston)
Date28 May 1921
Place MadeCambridge, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.002511
eMuseum ID724221
EmbARK ObjectID29216
TMS Source ID12804
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.
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (page 1, upper left): #9790 / Mr Lanman say OK / for electrotyping
Marked in red crayon (page 1, right center): TT
Inscribed in blue ink (page 1, along right margin): I should like to send you volumes 28-29-30, Legends of the Buddhist Saints, as soon as the strink in the binders / is over.
Inscribed in pencil (page 1, bottom left): This may be case / CRL / H-2-2
Inscribed in pencil in Morris Carter's hand (page 5): Perhaps in Sept I shall / be welleno to receive them / but the hot weather / takes it out of me + / Shall to say yes, because / perhaps Sunday not be / able. I'm much / obliged for _ / Very kind of y to think of / sending me vols. I / look forward with / great pleasure
Inscribed in pencil (envelope recto, right): 20252 / 330A / [CR LANMAN]
Dictated response from Isabella Stewart Gardner inscribed in pencil in Morris Carter's hand (envelope verso). See transcript.
Marked in red crayon (page 1, right center): TT
Inscribed in blue ink (page 1, along right margin): I should like to send you volumes 28-29-30, Legends of the Buddhist Saints, as soon as the strink in the binders / is over.
Inscribed in pencil (page 1, bottom left): This may be case / CRL / H-2-2
Inscribed in pencil in Morris Carter's hand (page 5): Perhaps in Sept I shall / be welleno to receive them / but the hot weather / takes it out of me + / Shall to say yes, because / perhaps Sunday not be / able. I'm much / obliged for _ / Very kind of y to think of / sending me vols. I / look forward with / great pleasure
Inscribed in pencil (envelope recto, right): 20252 / 330A / [CR LANMAN]
Dictated response from Isabella Stewart Gardner inscribed in pencil in Morris Carter's hand (envelope verso). See transcript.
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