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

Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Cambridge, Massachusetts

correspondent (New York, 1842 - 1910, Tamworth, New Hampshire)
Date14 December 1890
Place MadeCambridge, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumInk on paper
Dimensions17.5 x 35.9 cm (6 7/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.002160
eMuseum ID727123
EmbARK ObjectID24691
Other NumberU3s168
TMS Source ID9026
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryPhilosopher and psychologist William James devoted significant attention to the study of human consciousness. He was also active in the American Society for Psychical Research. This Boston-based group had roots in the Spiritualist movement and sought means of communication with the dead. In this letter, he solicits Isabella Stewart Gardner’s financial support for the Society with a sense of humor, asking that she might make a donation “if ‘the spirit moves’ you.”