Lot Essay
This note is typical of many written by Chekhov in favor of friends and admirers. For Drozdova's memoir on Chekhov see Novyi mir, 1954, no.7, pp.211-222.
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CHEKHOV, A.P. Autograph letter signed to Nikolai Nikolaevich [no surname], no place, 20 May 1903. 1 page 8vo, with integral blank. Requesting assistance for Maria Timofeevna Drozdova "a friend of long-standing, a very good and kind lady (an artist)" in getting established in Kislovodsk.