Pair of items, including: ** Autograph letter signed by Oliver Wendell Holmes, January 31, 1883. 2 pp. 6" x 4.75". "I do not even know how Ma'am Prentiss spelt her name. I think she was either a widow or had a truant husband, but all I can say of her is that she was fat, kindly, cut up the children's cold meat with her scissors, kept a large basket for the waifs and strays, and a long rod with which she did little more than tickle sleepers and sinners." Signed "O.W. Holmes." ** Sold with signature of Eugene Field on slip of paper, dated 1892. – From the collection of Scott Murphy.

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