Typed letter signed : Silver Lake, N.H., to Mina Curtiss, 1958 June 9.

Record ID: 
288705
Accession number: 
MA 4292.2
Author: 
Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962.
Credit: 
Gift of Mrs. Henry T. Curtiss, 1973.
Description: 
1 item (1 p.) ; 27.9 cm + envelope
Notes: 

Signed EEC in blue pencil.
Envelope with stamp and postmarks and addressed to "Mrs Henry T Curtiss / Chapelbrook / Ashfield Road / Williamsburg / Massachusetts."
Part of a collection of 21 letters from E. E. Cummings to Mina Curtiss (MA 4292.1-21); 7 letters from Marion Morehouse to Mina Curtiss (MA 4293.1-7); 51 drawings and sketches (MA 4291.1-51); and 4 photographs (MA 4291.52-55). Items are cataloged individually in 83 records.

Summary: 

Responding that "of course" Mina will entice "Marion & our unhero" to visit. Sending greetings and thanks for the charming French aphorism, and mentioning hummingbirds. Discussing differences in political views held by Mina and Cummings, noting that Mina is "anti a dictator & pro the politicians who are his sworn enemies whereas from [Cummings'] standpoint, his sworn enemies & a dictator equal 2 sides (tails & heads) of the same worthless coin."