Ambrose Bierce, Wright's, California, to Belle Hershberg, Oakland, California

Extent:

4 p. on 1 l., with envelope

Scope and content:

[Bierce declines a guided tour of Silver Lakedue to his poor health and continues by teasing Belle about her younger sister, "I'm thinking seriously of transferring my love from Hattie to you. You don't move away without notice, and -well, your mother's right in worrying about Hattie. That girl needs a convent worse than Selma -a convent with more austere 'sisters' and higher walls, topped with broken glass. A sentinel with a repeating rifle might be added."]

Physical description:

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Names:

Ambrose Bierce
Belle Hershberg

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