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John Van Nostrand Dorr, West Branch, Westport, Connecticut, to Elizabeth Koons. n.d.

Nell Dorr Papers

Object Details

  • Date

    n.d.

  • Genre/Form

    Letters

  • Accession Number

    A2008.045.01.02.04.014.009

  • Description

    Autograph letter signed. Says he is sending $20. For two sessions and says not to let her “dear mother” frighten her. Tells that he was told “thirty thousand grandmother had gone down and come back; so she can remember that one hundred thousand and maybe ten times that many had taken the [?, possibly tests] and no one suffered.” Tells her how dear she is to him and many others and “whatever you get in the [test] you will still be.”

  • Credit Line

    Nell Dorr Papers, Amon Carter Museum of American Art Archives, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Preferred Citation

    Nell Dorr Papers, Amon Carter Museum of American Art Archives, Fort Worth, Texas.

Additional details

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Location: Off view

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