A Guide to the Letter from Nicholas Vachel Lindsay to Harry Hansen, 1923 June 17
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Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 6259-u
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Letter from Nicholas Vachel Lindsay to Harry Hansen, Accession #6259-u, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
This collection was purchased on 1991 October 7.
Scope and Content Information
Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, Gulfport, Mississippi writes to Harry Hansen, The Chicago Daily News Lindsay and thanks Hansen for his kind words but asks him to quit announcing that he is sick, vigorously asserting his health and fitness, in spite of all the flowers he has received from as far away as London. He also describes his daily routine, "I swim into the sunrise every morning at ten minutes of five, straight across the Gulf of Mexico, and then come home and write sea-horse poetry that would make you snort. Watch for the Mohawk ." 1 p., with envelope. ALS.