One of His Earliest Letters Extant

HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Autograph letter signed ("Ernest") to Marcelline Hemingway, [Oak Park, Illinois,] 9 June [1909]. One page, 202 x 127mm. Docketed in the upper right margin "From Ernest Hemingway—1909—Oak Park Ill" and on the verso "Keep this 1st letter of Ernests to me, which is Marcelline" and "Ernie was almost 10 …" [ With :] the aforementioned "1st Letter," namely Clarence HEMINGWAY (1871-1928). Autograph letter signed ("Your Papa—Clarence") to Marcelline Hemingway, Oak Park, 18 June 1909. 4 pages, 163 x 132mm, bifolium on his monogrammed stationery bearing later docket, "Enclosing letter from Ernest age 10—re School—to Marc—June 9, 1909."

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