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Field letter, Buena Park, Illinois, to W.I. Way, 1894 Nov. 17.Finding AidEncoding funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.© 2004
Biographical NoteEugene Field, an American writer, was born in 1850 to Rosewell Field and Frances Reed. After his mother's death in 1856, he and his brother were sent to live with a cousin in Amherst, Massachusetts. He studied at Williams College from 1868-69. He then studied for a short time at Knox College in Illinois and at the University of Missouri. He married Julia Sutherland Comstock on October 16, 1873. He wrote weekly newspaper columns and also published volumes of poetry and prose. Field died on November 4, 1895. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionThe material consists of one short letter in which Field regrets not seeing his publisher, W. Irving Way, at his office; he also sends greetings to Mrs. Saundoff. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents |
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