1887 Signed handwritten letter by George Parsons Lathrop to Publisher James Osgood
A handwritten letter; dated March 2 (18)87, 29 Washington Square New York; a humorous and lengthy reply to the publisher Osgood's invitation to dine with the "Kinsmen" at the Continental; Lathrop gives his regrets and states that "...I shall make astronomical calculations & drink a solemn glass of wine all.....