Edgar Wilson Nye["Bill Nye"] to "My dear Edward", 1890

Extent:

4 p.

Scope and content:

[Includes original pen and ink self-portrait caricature waving goodbye to ships; humorously commiserates with a friend who has shattered a foot; relates at length his own experience with a broken leg; says his after-dinner speeches at club have become much better since he took to drinking goat's milk and Vichy; says the speeches aren't as witty as before, but they read better in the papers.]

Names:

Edgar Wilson Nye

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