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OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SR.Vintage AutographPostal cover addressed to Frederich Rathbone Esq.20 Alfred Place WestSouth Kensington, London S.W. England
with 5¢ U.S. Grant postage stamp Scott #223Dec. 27, 1891
London postmark of Jan 9, '91 on versoSigned: "OW Holmes" lower left corner
Also, part of the street address is in Holmes' hand
Condition: very good; light discoloration and old mounting traces on verso.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was an American physician, poet, andpolymath. Grouped among the fireside poets, he was acclaimed asone of the best writers of the day.
His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table" series.
One of his most famous poems is "Old Ironsides" (1830) - a tributeto the 18th century frigate USS Constitution.
His son Oliver Wendall Holmes Jr. was an associate justice of theSupreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932.
Born: 1809, Cambridge, Massachusetts;died: 1894, Boston, Massachusetts.
George HouleHoule Rare Books & Autographs
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SINCE 1976
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