Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Boston with Dictated Response
correspondent
Olga Eliza Gardner Monks
(American, 1869 - 1944)
Date1921-1922
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.002869
eMuseum ID724722
EmbARK ObjectID29566
TMS Source ID13154
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: 51 Commonwealth Avenue
Inscribed in pencil (lower right margin): [Olga Monks] [21/22]
Inscribed in pencil (lower right): [Olga Monks] [21/22]
Inscribed in pencil in Morris Carter's hand: Dear Olga, I shall send word / today to Rosen & what we know of / up 2 date & see if Ican add on / my own acct a hundred or 2. I will / tell him that perhaps some others / may send more later, I know / Mamie Sargent is out of it & I / don't no Clara well eno 2 write / 2 her. I had a bad day yesterday / but Curley's triumph makes me / better today. Perhaps you & I owe / it the hedge around my house here / 2 him- , his former administration / I try always 2 stick up for a / friend in need & Curley is not / a prig. / affy, with love / yr very dear & I am very grateful
Inscribed in pencil (lower right margin): [Olga Monks] [21/22]
Inscribed in pencil (lower right): [Olga Monks] [21/22]
Inscribed in pencil in Morris Carter's hand: Dear Olga, I shall send word / today to Rosen & what we know of / up 2 date & see if Ican add on / my own acct a hundred or 2. I will / tell him that perhaps some others / may send more later, I know / Mamie Sargent is out of it & I / don't no Clara well eno 2 write / 2 her. I had a bad day yesterday / but Curley's triumph makes me / better today. Perhaps you & I owe / it the hedge around my house here / 2 him- , his former administration / I try always 2 stick up for a / friend in need & Curley is not / a prig. / affy, with love / yr very dear & I am very grateful
Olga Eliza Gardner Monks
16 September 1923
