Original holograph note signed and dated Boston, August 6, 1869, to John Greenleaf Whittier

In very good condition.. Fields, Osgood & Co. letterhead, single sheet folded to make four 20 x 13 cm pages. "Dear Sir: It falls to me, in Mr. Fields's absence, to thank you for your poem, which I'm sorry to have come a day or two too late for our September number. It will be printed in October, however, and I will send you a proof as soon as it is in type. Very truly yours, W. D. Howells / Mr. Whittier." (Inventory #: 25675)