James Thomas Fields, Boston, MA., autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 12 December 1841
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Asks if he shall send [Chester] Harding's portrait of Charles Sprague, just completed, for reproduction in Griswold's book [The Poets of America?]. Advises him not to print [Edward] Everett's sonnet. Sends messages from [Charles Anderson] Dana, [Henry Wadsworth] Longfellow, and [Henry Theodore] Tuckerman. Hilliard, Gray, & Co. are "in hot water." Encourages Griswold about his health.