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Oliver Wendell Holmes typed letter signed with autograph note inscribed to verso. Holmes' autograph note reads in full, ''I thank you for your sweet letter. It warms my old heart and makes me grateful to you for giving such free and kind expression to your thoughts and feelings.'' The printed letter, dated 12 September 1893, filled in and signed by Holmes, reads in full: ''Dear Miss Bloom / Yours of the 28th Aug is received. I can do little more than acknowledge the reception of the very numerous communications which come to me from unknown friends, near and distant, many of them containing requests to which I cannot conveniently pay the desired attention. Regretting that I find my time, my eyes, and my hand overtaxed by an ever increasing correspondence, I am / Yours very truly, [signed] Oliver Wendell Holmes''. Card measures 4.5'' x 3.5''. Includes original hand-addressed envelope. Minute notations to top edge of both sides of letter, and uniform toning. Very good condition.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Autograph Note Signed -- ''...It warms my old heart and makes me grateful to you for giving such free and kind expression to your thoughts and feelings...''
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