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ALCOTT, Louisa May (1832-1888). Autograph letter signed ("L.M. Alcott") to "Dear Abby." No place, 30 September [1885]. 4 full pages, 8vo.
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ALCOTT, Louisa May (1832-1888). Autograph letter signed ("L.M. Alcott") to "Dear Abby." No place, 30 September [1885]. 4 full pages, 8vo.
THE SUCCESSFUL NOVELIST AIDS AN ELDERLY LADY. At this date, Alcott was at work on Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out, the final book in the "March Family" series begun with Little Women, published in 1868. "Mrs. Lovejoy wants to go into an Old Woman's Home, as she is unable to work, her sister dead, & her son too poor to take care of her. She was not born in Boston, but Harvard so I fear the Revere St. Home is not open to her. Can you tell me where she can go, and what the cost of getting her in would be? I should like to help the poor little soul into a quiet harbor for the rest of her days, & thought you might like to lend a hand as she was faithful to our mother in her small way. I was sorry to see in a paper that you are still poorly..." She expresses the hope that "the Peterboro Hills[New Hampshire] have blown health into my good kinswoman's soil & body. I was in fine case after Princeton, but Aug[ust] in Concord was hard for me& I rather fall from grace. Hope to pick up again, but when one's house gets out of repair it is hard to patch it up & be comfortable in it...."
THE SUCCESSFUL NOVELIST AIDS AN ELDERLY LADY. At this date, Alcott was at work on Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out, the final book in the "March Family" series begun with Little Women, published in 1868. "Mrs. Lovejoy wants to go into an Old Woman's Home, as she is unable to work, her sister dead, & her son too poor to take care of her. She was not born in Boston, but Harvard so I fear the Revere St. Home is not open to her. Can you tell me where she can go, and what the cost of getting her in would be? I should like to help the poor little soul into a quiet harbor for the rest of her days, & thought you might like to lend a hand as she was faithful to our mother in her small way. I was sorry to see in a paper that you are still poorly..." She expresses the hope that "the Peterboro Hills[New Hampshire] have blown health into my good kinswoman's soil & body. I was in fine case after Princeton, but Aug[ust] in Concord was hard for me& I rather fall from grace. Hope to pick up again, but when one's house gets out of repair it is hard to patch it up & be comfortable in it...."