A Guide to the Letter and Photograph of Edgar Fawcett, 1898 #6984-p

A Guide to the Letter and Photograph of Edgar Fawcett, 1898

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 6984-p

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

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University of Virginia
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Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Letter and Photograph of Edgar Fawcett, Accession #6984-p , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased by the Library from David J. Holmes, Autographs, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 21, 1997.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consist of a letter from Fawcett, London, writing to H. W. Fay enclosing his photograph and asking for one of Abraham Lincoln in return.

With the letter is an autographed cabinet photograph of Fawcett, 1898 December 11, taken by M. Batiste & Son, Oxford Street.

Contents List

Edgar Fawcett, London, England, to H. W. Fay [1898?] Nov 28

ALS, 2 p.

Encloses his photograph and asks for one of Abraham Lincoln in exchange

Autographed Cabinet Photograph of Edgar Fawcett 1898 Dec 11

Sepia photograph

Taken by M. Batiste & Son, 516 Oxford Street