MARK TWAIN'S NIECE IDA LANGDON,ELMIRA 1906,COMPLEMENTARY LETTER RE: HER WRITING

Description: J. D. PEAKE WRITES TO MISS IDA LANGDON ABOUT THE ARTICLE SHE WROTE FORTHE "ADVERTISER" (NEWSPAPER), WHICH APPARENTLY WAS REGARDING MOREHUMANE TREATMENT IN THE JUVENILE COURTS. "....I MET A LIVERPOOL MAGISTRATE ON THE "BOHEMIA" WHO HAD BEEN OVERINVESTIGATING THE METHODS OF THE JUVENILE COURTS + WAS MUCH IMPRESSEDWITH THE SANITY + KINDNESS OF IT."PEAKE GOES ON TO EXTOLL HER SPLENDID WORK "TO APPLY CHRISTIANPRINCIPLES + TO WAKEN NOBLE IDEALS...." PROFESSOR IDA LANGDON TAUGHT ENGLISH AT ELMIRA COLLEGE, 1920-42. (NOTE: MARK TWAIN IS BURIED IN HIS WIFE,OLIVIA'S FAMILY PLOT, THE LANGDONS. HE DIED IN 1910) WILL SEND INSURED WITH TRACKING.

Price: 75 USD

Location: Needham Hgts, Massachusetts

End Time: 2025-02-12T21:54:30.000Z

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SAMUEL CLEMENS: 1906

Time Period Manufactured: Pre-1900

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States