To Edward F. Noyes
26 February 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: MiD, UCCL 01916)
26 February 1881 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: MiD, UCCL 01916)
Feb. 26, 1881.
slc/mt farmington avenue, hartford.
My Dear General:
Will you do Charles Dudley Warner, Quincy Ward the sculptor, & myself, the kindness to furnish a U. S. passport to my our particular friend the bearer of this, Mr. Karl Gerhardt, so that he can have the student-privileges in the Beaux-Arts so generously extended by France to the children of her sister nations? We could have sent to Washington, but that would have necessitated the taking of a later steamer, & a consequent loss of valuable time. Mr. Gerhardt is a citizen of the United States by birth & all other ways. Tru◊ sting that you will grant the prayer of this my petition, I am
With great respect, sincerely Yours
S. L. Clemens
His Excellency General Noyes,
U. S. Minister.
MS, MiD.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, 2 and 3 Apr 1968, no. 2676, lot 100, partial publication; MicroPUL, reel 2.
Purchased at the Parke-Bernet Galleries sale from the library of Charles E. Feinberg.