FRANCIS KING HARTE - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 04/09/1885 - HFSID 3741
Price: $180.00
FRANCIS K. HARTE
The son of Western author Bret Harte writes that he is very busy
writing plays.
Autograph Letter signed: "Francis K. Harte", 1 page, 4½x6¾.
Plainfield, New Jersey, 1885 April 9. To "My dear Malone", in
full: "I left a card for you at the Hotel Hungaria last Wednesday asking
you to drop me a line to Plainfield saying when you would be 'chez vous'. I have
not heard from you and fear the card has not been delivered. I am very busy
writing away on some plays but I am very anxious to see you and if you will make
some appointment any day this week, I will call at your residence. Yours as
ever". Francis K. Harte (1865-1917), the son of famed Western
author (Francis) Bret Harte (1836-1902) was sent, along with his brother
Griswold, to a commercial college in New York, but Harte biographer Gary
Scharnhorst observes that 'neither of them seemed very bright or ambitious." If
Francis K. completed any plays, they have not survived. He did make
headlines in 1890, when a New York City jury assessed him $10,000 dollars in
damages for "alienating the affections" of the wife of a James Smith. Bret
Harte's letters to his son are, however, and important source for biographers of
the famous father. Creased and toned. Corners creased. Pencil note (unknown
hand) on verso. Otherwise, fine condition.
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