DONALD GRANT MITCHELL - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED 3/1 - HFSID 33720
Price: $320.00
DONALD GRANT MITCHELL
The American author sends invitation for dinner to a friend, signs
name in black ink
Autograph note signed: "Don G. Mitchell" in black ink. 1 page,
4x6¼ personal stationary affixed 4½x7½ paper. March 1, no year. Addressed to the
Hon. George Marsh. In full: "Dear Sir - Won't you come with Mrs. Marsh
& eat a quite family dinner with us, Thursday at 6 p.m. & oblige Yrs.
sincerely". Donald Grant Mitchell (1822-1908), also known by his
penname Ik Marvel, was the grandson of Revolutionary War-Era politician Stephen
Mix Mitchell, who originally attended Yale College and studied law and even was
a member of the Skull and Bones society, before ultimately deciding to study
literature. After a brief stint as a U.S. consul in Venice, Italy (1853-1854),
Mitchell wrote his most well-known work, Reveries of a Bachelor, or a Book
of the Heart (1850) (which was one of Emily Dickinson's favorite books),
which explores the dream-like lives Americans were living in at the time.
His other works include Dream Life, a Fable of the Seasons (1851),
My Farm of Edgewood (1863), About Old Story Tellers
(1877), and American Lands and Letters(1897). Normal mailing
folds. Toned. Adhesive stains throughout. Creased throughout. Back paper
irregularly cut. Otherwise, fine condition.
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