A Guide to the Letter to Eudora Welty, October 17, 1989 Welty, Eudora, letter to 10117-g

A Guide to the Letter to Eudora Welty, October 17, 1989

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Accession Number 10117-g

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

10117-g

Title

Letter to Eudora Welty, October 17, 1989

Physical Characteristics

This is an electrostatic copy of a letter.

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Letter to Eudora Welty, October 17, 1989, Accession #10117-g , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Processing Information

Transferred from Rare Book Division June 11, 1996.

Scope and Content Information

This is an electrostatic copy of a letter, October 17, 1989, from James B. Meriwether, Columbia, South Carolina, to Eudora Welty, requesting her signature in a book, The Robber Bridegroom, that was owned by William Faulkner and that contains his signature. Meriwether writes that over the years he has "resisted the temptation to ask you to sign or inscribe for me any of your books..." but that he is now going to break down and "ask you to add your signature to one that is already in it..." This letter also serves as an introduction to his daughter, Becky.