This is an 1878 letter signed by Oliver Wendell Holmes from his home & medical office at 296 Beacon St. Letter is addressed to a Mr. Left side of letter is pasted down onto very thin tan page. Measures 6 x 4.25.
I have included an FYI ONLY image of 296 Beacon St. NOTE: Oliver Wendell Holmes was a physician and professor of anatomy & physiology at Harvard Medical School. He was also a prolific & internationally recognized poet, essayist, dramatist, and novelist, best known for his "Autocrat at the Breakfast Table". I try to describe each item as accurately as possible, but hope that you will also rely on the photographs provided to notice any defects or content that is not in my written description. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Autographs\Historical".The seller is "abookhaven" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Bulgaria, Australia, Japan, China, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, France, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Sri Lanka, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam, Uruguay.